Comments on: Show, Don’t Tell http://www.dailywritingtips.com/show-dont-tell/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: Patricia Foster http://www.dailywritingtips.com/show-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-197082 Patricia Foster Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:10:07 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/show-dont-tell/#comment-197082 I'm sitting on my stool, thinking what the yet have I been writing! Great advise! I’m sitting on my stool, thinking what the yet have I been writing!
Great advise!

]]> By: Bubba Bubbasonson http://www.dailywritingtips.com/show-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-191542 Bubba Bubbasonson Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:20:59 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/show-dont-tell/#comment-191542 hmmm, that won't do. If I speak my mind the Grammar police and Vice Squad would arrest me for indelicate indecency. Good thing I wore my disquise, eh? This is an interesting post, fascinating really however I really must something about my procrastination... possibly increase it. Have a glorious day and I shall think hard and long regarding the advice herin. hmmm, that won’t do. If I speak my mind the Grammar police and Vice Squad would arrest me for indelicate indecency. Good thing I wore my disquise, eh?
This is an interesting post, fascinating really however I really must something about my procrastination… possibly increase it.

Have a glorious day and I shall think hard and long regarding the advice herin.

]]> By: Linda Owen http://www.dailywritingtips.com/show-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-165626 Linda Owen Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:50:55 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/show-dont-tell/#comment-165626 I pulled this up out of SHEER FRUSTRATION!!!!! I am currently teaching Freshman English 1301 and if I have written "Show! Don't tell"! once, I've written it 1000 times! ARGH!!! They are trying to tie back vague thesis statements in their concluding paragraphs but GGGGAAAAA!!!!! Their thesis statements SAY NOTHING!!!!! Consequently, their conclusions SAY NOTHING!!!!!!!!! So.....I will continue my search for more examples of Show! Don't Tell! (the college version of Show and Tell (heh-heh!) There! I have vented. Thank you very much! :-) I pulled this up out of SHEER FRUSTRATION!!!!! I am currently teaching Freshman English 1301 and if I have written “Show! Don’t tell”! once, I’ve written it 1000 times! ARGH!!! They are trying to tie back vague thesis statements in their concluding paragraphs but GGGGAAAAA!!!!! Their thesis statements SAY NOTHING!!!!! Consequently, their conclusions SAY NOTHING!!!!!!!!! So…..I will continue my search for more examples of Show! Don’t Tell! (the college version of Show and Tell (heh-heh!) There! I have vented. Thank you very much! :-)

]]> By: Jake http://www.dailywritingtips.com/show-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-90930 Jake Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:07:14 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/show-dont-tell/#comment-90930 I just came across this site today while looking for writing tips online. I'm a teenage amateur novelist and find your tips extremely helpful. I was puzzled for years about the "show, don't tell" phrase used copiously by teachers. Only recently have I begun to understand what it really means and how to use it. Here's a sample of the products of my efforts: A fluorescent light bulb in a frosted cover hung from the ceiling, illuminating a tiny lobby lined with dusty chairs. A few out-of-date magazines resided on a knee-high table in the corner. Despite the way everything was covered in dust and looked several years old, there was an interesting smell in the room, not the normal musty aroma I would have associated with it. Sort of like bay leaves and cinnamon. I really tried to use more senses than just sight. Again, your tips are awesome. Keep it up! -Jake I just came across this site today while looking for writing tips online. I’m a teenage amateur novelist and find your tips extremely helpful. I was puzzled for years about the “show, don’t tell” phrase used copiously by teachers. Only recently have I begun to understand what it really means and how to use it. Here’s a sample of the products of my efforts:

A fluorescent light bulb in a frosted cover hung from the ceiling, illuminating a tiny lobby lined with dusty chairs. A few out-of-date magazines resided on a knee-high table in the corner. Despite the way everything was covered in dust and looked several years old, there was an interesting smell in the room, not the normal musty aroma I would have associated with it. Sort of like bay leaves and cinnamon.

I really tried to use more senses than just sight. Again, your tips are awesome. Keep it up!

-Jake

]]> By: Courteny http://www.dailywritingtips.com/show-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-70103 Courteny Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:00:46 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/show-dont-tell/#comment-70103 i can't find a word that show slam simple huuu i can’t find a word that show slam simple huuu

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