[stylist] Showing versus telling

[Joanne Alongi]

Jacqui I read JaneEyre and I would have never suspected the amount of conflict in that book is amazing. I kept reading it though I knew the answer I just never read the book in detail. Some of these books are great because I find myself picking them up again and re-reading certain sections. I don't tend to do that with a lot of modern others just the classics. But still my favorite is the Charles dickens a tale of two cities. I read that kind of like the Bible in sections. The amazing thing to me is the descriptions of scenery I would love to describe like that. But my original point I would've never suspected the amount of conflict in that JaneEyre of course my favorite other for description is Ernest Hemingway I just can't read too many of his books at one time because they are so dark 

Shelley, Queen of bells out! 
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> On Oct 30, 2016, at 4:02 PM, Jackie Williams via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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> -----Original Message-----
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> Cc: Joanne Alongi
> Subject: [stylist] Showing versus telling
> 
> 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
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