Post #2004525
2026-03-25 18:11 UTC
@iwritelike "show, don't tell" is maybe one of the best advice I've had, with another one : "consider your reader intelligent", and both works together : when you show something, you're telling something, but you consider your reader clever enough to get it by himself.
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@iwritelike@mastodon.social 2026-03-25 18:45
@NicolasConstant Oh, absolutely. As a reader, I also like when the author gives me space to notice things on my own and to figure them out. I try to provide this as an author too, but that "show, don't tell" used to send me spiraling. Where does showing stop and telling start, if all the action is always only writing? I was relieved to discover the original quote :)