5 thoughts on “Showing vs. Telling”

  1. I also follow his blog 🙂 It’s great. I’ve been confused about this concept at times, but I hope that when I write new content, I can be conscious of it 🙂 I’ll be paying close attention to this post!

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    • Hello Lorelle, lovely to see you swing by my blog. I most likely went over to ‘A Writer’s Path’ from your place. Showing instead of telling is helping me get over a lifetime of writing passive speech.

      I’ve been thinking about you today and your efforts to get published – prompted by William Bernhardt’s newsletter in my inbox this morning. He said: “During the past three years, far more first-time authors have received contracts from Big Five publishers based upon high sales of their self-published eBooks than because some agent pitched their unproven manuscript.” 😮

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      • Thank you for thinking of me 🙂 That is really interesting information. I sometimes do think, with the amount of background work I’m doing, self-publishing becomes a more viable option every day that passes! It’s like all the risk is on the writer these days. What’s left for the publisher to do? Mainly – shelf space. I think that those book purchasing agreements with book sellers would probably be the big plus? *shrugs*
        I would love you to do a post on the passive voice. Is this only a 3rd person pov problem? I’ve come across it a few times lately and can’t quite get my head around it :S You know I’m never shy about voicing my naivety 🙂 And you have always been so helpful, I know you’ll ensure it makes sense 🙂

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        • Hi Lorelle, from what I’ve read, shelf space in a bookshop is only a fleeting thing – the books are not purchased by the bookshops but taken on consignment – unsold books go back. Unless you are are a ‘name’ or the next ‘big thing’ your book will get no special treatment in a bookshop.

          My own post on passive voice? Funny you should mention that, I was thinking about sharing a simple way I learned recently to identify it in my writing. Will do my best! 🙂

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