To-be-read and well-chosen details

cj Sez:  The next story I plan to read from my to-be-read eBook listis THE DARKLING, a horror novel from Carolyn Haines---that is, after I finish are-read of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD for a Facebook group discussion.

  I am not, however, a fast reader. The abundance of scarringand floaters in my eyes (from a previous surgery and aging) breaks up the wordswhen I try to read a book. Working on my computer has also suffered, until afriend recommended that I use a dark page background with white letters when Iwrite. That’s working better. Not perfect, but better.

  There are so many readers posting on Facebook who exclaimabout their favorite authors and series and have shelves and shelves of books waitingto be read, I’m in awe. Are you one of those avid readers?§§
  Do you have an opinion about showing versus telling, for oragainst? Silly question. I think all authors will declare pro, con, or notalways on the subject. Not always appears to be the majority. I’m pro but can’talways achieve it because it’s hard. It takes visualization, remembering, andsome poetic phrasing. I think of “showing” as writing from a deep point of view,which I love to read.
  A white-haired, wrinkled, old woman, you say? How about thisexample of showing, not telling—excerpted from “One Well-Chosen Detail: WriteJuicy Descriptions Without Overwhelming Your Reader,” a November 15, 2023, poston Jane Friedman’s website by author and writing coach April Dávila (@aprildavila)

“… in the last years she continued to settle and began toshrink. Her mouth bowed forward and her brow sloped back, and her skull shonepink and speckled within a mere haze of hair, which hovered about her head likethe remembered shape of an altered thing. She looked as if the nimbus ofhumanity were fading away and she were turning monkey. Tendrils grew from hereyebrows and coarse white hairs sprouted on her lip and chin.  ///”

  Read more of the post by clicking this link: https://janefriedman.com/one-well-chosen-detail-write-juicy-descriptions-without-overwhelming-your-reader/
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  Things to think about: If you replace “W” with “T” in What,Where, and When, you get the answer to each of them.
§§   Okay, that’s it for today. You-all guys keep on keeping on,and I’ll try to do the same. Raising prayers for a happy and safe you and yours.
cj
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