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Writing Excuses 10.23: Can You Tell Me How To Show?

Writing Excuses

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How to Use Adverbs to Tell

Howard Kurtz: Showing takes more words. Telling takes fewer. People always say in the industry, show, don't tell. We've said on the podcast before, it's no win to show and win to tell. You are telling all of the time because of written words. There are times when the showing gets in the way of the action, and you just have to tell people.

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