[stylist] Showing versus telling

[Jackie Williams]

Shelley,
Sage words.
I have wanted to read Jane Eyre for some time having loved the movie from
years ago. This seems like a good time to do it and listen for showing and
telling.

Jackie Lee

Time is the school in which we learn.
Time is the fire in which we burn.
Delmore Schwartz	 


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And a note on advice. I have noticed a few things that I'd like to point
out. The first thing is I'd like to give you a challenge. Have any of you
read lately any of the great American or English literature authors? trollop
Charles Dickens, James Fenimore Cooper, and the gentleman who wrote Moby
Dick Herman Millville. These are specific others that I can site. My
challenge is take any one of these authors works and compare the number of
telling scenes with the number of showings sings I believe you will find the
great preponderance of them will be telling scenes. American, English, world
literature professor is all call these classics. There is a great value in
both scenes. There is a great value in both types of writing. I would like
to encourage you that in order to understand how to write a truly great work
you must have both types of scenes because we always need backstory. I just
wonder how many of you including myself have read these works because you
will find a great number of telling scenes as opposed to showing.
Now the second thing I want to point out is that I have noticed that the
people who offer of the greatest amount of advice on this list do not have
anything published that I have seen. I have noticed that those who withhold
their advice from this group are the ones who are published. Now, I could be
wrong I don't know everything but I have noticed that. Perhaps we should all
work on publishing something and dispensing with less advice. Just a note
from the peanut gallery. Now this is a list and we are all talking about
writing so I understand that but I do notice that more lies comes from
people that I have not seen any published works for him not even in our
newsletter. So, I will not respond to any comments so if you wish to take
this topic and run with it enjoy yourself. I do think that the more valuable
comments here are about the showing in versus telling at least on my part.
OK. I have to finish my second draft and get ready for my book signing and
read more American and English literature. I have been reading Charles
dickens a tale of two cities and believe me there is a lot of telling scenes
in that book. Good luck keep writing,

Shelley, Queen of bells out! 
Trespasser by Shelley Alongi (Hardcover) - Lulu
Trespasser by Shelley Alongi (Hardcover) - Lulu
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