Show, Don't Tell: How to write vivid descriptions, handle backstory, and describe your characters' emotions - Paperback

by Sandra Gerth (Author)

In this book, Sandra Gerth draws on her experience as an editor and a best-selling author to show you how to show and tell you when to tell.

Each chapter includes concrete examples and exercises that will hone your writing skills.

Whether you're a novice writer working on your first story or an established author who has already learned the basics of showing and telling, this book will help you to:

• Grasp the difference between showing and telling.
• Understand why showing is such a powerful tool.
• Spot telling in your own manuscript.
• Fix bland passages and turn them into compelling scenes.
• Keep from telling what you have already shown.
• Avoid the three danger areas of telling.
• Describe your characters and your setting in interesting ways.
• Put powerful emotions into your writing.
• Incorporate backstory into your novel without resorting to telling.
• Recognize telling in dialogue.
• Avoid overshowing and swamping your readers with too many details.
• Learn when telling is actually a good thing.
• Immerse your readers into your story and keep them captivated from beginning to end.