Show, Don't Tell - 8th

Show, Don't Tell - 8th

By Estefani Domingues

Show, Don't Tell - Review​

You want to engage your reader

Engage your reader with vivid details about the scenario. Don't tell us what is happening, but show us what is happening.

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Show, Don't Tell - Review

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​His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. There’s vomit on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti.

Eminem: "Lose Yourself"​

Showing

He was nervous.​

Telling

Show, Don't Tell - Practice

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We will practice with some of your work from yesterday. Read the sentence and see how we can re-write it to show more and tell less.

Open Ended

How can we show more and tell less?

"I kept swimming and swimming and swimming."

Open Ended

How can we show more and tell less?

"I put on my favorite pair of outside shoes."

Open Ended

How can we show more and tell less?

"He stayed in the room a lot."

Open Ended

How can we show more and tell less?

"We were driving to the old very haunted house."

Open Ended

How can we show more and tell less?

"I was starting to go to sleep."

Open Ended

How can we show more and tell less?

"It was raining and cold."

Open Ended

How can we show more and tell less?

"As my team and I started to warm up the sun seemed to only burn hotter."

Open Ended

How can we show more and tell less?

"I never was a fan of the woods it was always scary to me."