Showing posts with label show vs tell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label show vs tell. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Show vs Tell

Hi all. sorry for the delay. The lightning we had yesterday took out the transformer for my wireless internet. Thank you, Lori for filling in for me yesterday!

I just finished the edits my editor requested on Miner. Most of it turned out to be comments by her: Telling. Show me this.

I took a look at some sites that described show vs tell- and to be truthful, I’m still confused.

So, I’m going to put up five sentences from books and have you tell me if they are telling or showing and if you think they are telling rewrite them to make them showing.

1) ...he said in a manner that indicated she didn’t believe him at all.

2) And his hair, Mimi thought disbelievingly staring up at him, was perfet.

3) He knew he'd botched it even before he heard her quiet intake of breath.

4) She shook off the fanciful feeling and straightened her shoulders.

5) Immediately, the smells of wild onions and animal tallow filled his head.