To Show Not Tell:
1. Use dialogue
Instead of telling the reader your mom was angry, they can hear it for themselves: “Pia Frances,” Mom bellowed, “Get in here this instant!”
To Show Not Tell:
2. Use Description.
See
Hear
Smell
Touch
Taste
To Show Not Tell:
2. Use Description. Appeal to several senses, not just sight
3. Be specific. Instead of “I had never felt anything like it before in my entire life,” describe what that feeling was, and then convey that feeling to the reader.
To Show not tell
4. Use action words. Not simply walked But Strutted Shuffled Sashayed .
5. Use actions. Body language. Where in the room. Actions besides talking.
Your assignment
Make the following passage active (showing in Scene), not passive (telling in Summary).
To Show Not Tell:
1. Use dialogue
Instead of telling the reader your mom was angry, they can hear it for themselves: “Pia Frances,” Mom bellowed, “Get in here this instant!”
To Show Not Tell:
2. Use Description.
See
Hear
Smell
Touch
Taste
To Show Not Tell:
2. Use Description. Appeal to several senses, not just sight
3. Be specific. Instead of “I had never felt anything like it before in my entire life,” describe what that feeling was, and then convey that feeling to the reader.
To Show not tell
4. Use action words. Not simply walked But Strutted Shuffled Sashayed .
5. Use actions. Body language. Where in the room. Actions besides talking.
Your assignment
Make the following passage active (showing in Scene), not passive (telling in Summary).
To Show Not Tell:
1. Use dialogue
Instead of telling the reader your mom was angry, they can hear it for themselves: “Pia Frances,” Mom bellowed, “Get in here this instant!”
To Show Not Tell:
2. Use Description.
See
Hear
Smell
Touch
Taste
To Show Not Tell:
2. Use Description. Appeal to several senses, not just sight
3. Be specific. Instead of “I had never felt anything like it before in my entire life,” describe what that feeling was, and then convey that feeling to the reader.
To Show not tell
4. Use action words. Not simply walked But Strutted Shuffled Sashayed .
5. Use actions. Body language. Where in the room. Actions besides talking.
Your assignment
Make the following passage active (showing in Scene), not passive (telling in Summary).
To Show Not Tell:
1. Use dialogue
Instead of telling the reader your mom was angry, they can hear it for themselves: “Pia Frances,” Mom bellowed, “Get in here this instant!”
To Show Not Tell:
2. Use Description.
See
Hear
Smell
Touch
Taste
To Show Not Tell:
2. Use Description. Appeal to several senses, not just sight
3. Be specific. Instead of “I had never felt anything like it before in my entire life,” describe what that feeling was, and then convey that feeling to the reader.
To Show not tell
4. Use action words. Not simply walked But Strutted Shuffled Sashayed .
5. Use actions. Body language. Where in the room. Actions besides talking.
Your assignment
Make the following passage active (showing in Scene), not passive (telling in Summary).