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Show Don’t Tell

Nanowrimo Writing Lite Video Tip #8: Show Don’t Tell

November 19, 2015 by Libby Fischer Hellmann

  You’ve heard it ever since you started writing. Show, Don’t Tell. You know what it means. You really do. But do you? Learn more.    

Categories Writing Crime Fiction, Writing Lite Tips Tags Libby Hellmann, nanowrimo, Show Don't Tell, video tips, Writing Lite, writing tips Leave a comment

Nanowrimo Video Writing Tip #8 — Show, Don’t Tell

November 20, 2014 by Libby Fischer Hellmann

You’ve heard it over and over: “Show, Don’t Tell.” But do you always need to do it? And just how do you do it without making the book a lot longer than it should be? Watch this. I talk about both Lee Child and Michael Connelly’s work.          

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Writing Lite #8 — Show, Don’t Tell

June 27, 2013June 25, 2013 by Libby Fischer Hellmann
Writing Lite Video Series

  We hear it over and over. “Show, Don’t Tell.”  But what does it mean and how do you do it? Libby explains in another Writing Lite.

Categories Literature, Writing Crime Fiction Tags books, craft of fiction, fiction, Lee Child, Libby Hellmann, Michael Connelly, reading, Show Don't Tell, writing, Writing Lite 2 Comments

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