Active writing

[antennapedia]

Here's a nice post on active writing, and why "show don't tell" is usually good advice. Once you know why you're showing, and what you're showing, and what your goals are, you probably know when telling is the right approach to take instead. I liked the way the poster put it-- she wants to experience the emotions along with the characters. And the

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[psychoadept]

Totally OT: Are you still doing icons regularly? Now that I have free time to work on mine again, I had a proposal for mutual iconosity (err... or something) that I wanted to discuss with you.

[antennapedia]

I have kinda neglected to make icons for the last couple of months, but I've been meaning to start going again. Send me some mailz!