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Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 3

Death Of 1000 Cuts

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Sniper

Today's piece is called Sniper and it's by someone called Sam. Most writers don't really know what show don't tell means, but they sort of do. So instead of saying Man of Fred was a music lover with superhuman but niche powers, you'd say Man of Fred inserted the mouthpiece of a soprano trombone into his anus and farted a cloud of bats towards the dukes villa. It doesn't mean authors who get it wrong are bad people, it's just a thing that happens and it must be eradicated.

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