I really just don't understand what is meant by the writerly adage "show, don't tell". You see it, hear it all the time, but, at the risk of sounding very very stupid, it makes absolutely NO sense to me. All writing is a form of telling; fiction is by definition (unless very radical) telling a story: a writer dictates a narrative, describes a ( Read more... )

Ok, so there are a lot of pretty talented writers on my flist, and since I'm nosy, I want to ask anyone on my flist who writes (be it personal for yourself type writing, fanfic or I'm-going-to-have-a-bestseller - or all three) to answer some questions about other people's writing habits. Treat it as a meme! As procrastination. So answers on a post ( Read more... )