Showing vs. Telling
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Prompt for the day: Think of a dilapidated old
house. Now write a short story that takes place there. What does the house look
like? What does it smell like? What are the sounds? What time of year is it and
how does the house feel (temperature, stuffy, drafty, etc.)?
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Prompt for the day: Your character
and his wife visit a new house that they're thinking of buying. Your
character's wife is enthusiastic about the house, but it's really a terrible
place. The character hates it but is afraid to say what he really thinks. Show
the scene. But.. do NOT tell the reader that the house is terrible. Do NOT tell
the reader that your character hates it. Do NOT have the character tell his
true feelings about the wife. Instead, make the reader see and feel it all. And
eventually, make the wife see it too.
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