PSA-Show, don’t tell! #amwriting

I’ve been reading for review a plethora of indie authors’ works.


Please, please SHOW me the story. Don’t tell me or I’ll start skipping pages. I read books to immerse my imagination into a different world, not to be a passive receptacle for your story.


I have threeexamples and will only name names on the positive one.


First up is a little story, a romance, about two people who’ve found their way back to each other. We’re told why she’s in the place she is, we’re told why he’s suddenly there. Tel...

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Published on September 17, 2014 18:27
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