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2026-01-30 16:29 UTC
#WritersCoffeeClub day 30: This month, how did you successfully navigate a challenge or a sticky point in your writing?
There's one scene I'm working on where a main character and his best friend have nicknames for each other that are based on stuff from a book series they both enjoy. I decided to simply tell, not try to show, all the back-story that involved. (I am coming more and more to the conclusion that "show, don't tell" is... 1/2
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@kagan@wandering.shop 2026-01-30 16:29
...much better advice for screenwriters than novelists. And a little research bears that out; it was originally promulgated by playwrights! While there are times when we novelists should use it, there are many other times when trying to show would take far too many words and/or be way too awkward, and we should just through the bullshit and tell our readers what's up.) 2/2 #WritersCoffeeClub