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CAW Term of the Week - Show, Don't Tell
#CAW #CartersvilleAreaWriters #CAWTotW #CAWTermOfTheWeek #TermoftheWeek #TotW #WritingCommunity #ShowDontTell

Are you preaching in your writing? Learn how to reveal theme through character, conflict, and subtext—without ever spelling it out.
#WritingTips #AmWriting #Storytelling #FictionWriting #CreativeWriting #WritersLife #ShowDontTell #WritingAdvice #AuthorTips #WritersCommunity

https://bmallane.com/subtle-themes-engaging-your-readers-through-character-choices/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

#FocusShift 👀 -> 👁️

Refreshing ✨ insightful sparkle to ones who practice Social experience design, is that from a software development point of view #SX methodology offers a #mindset change to the common sentiment seen in #FOSS that "You only count once you started coding" and related #ShowDontTell #TalkIsCheap culture.

Often its rather foolish to start coding too quickly, and show-don't-tell leaves you 🙈 without good feedback.

🪙🪙 SX grows #solutions from sticky notes.

https://coding.social

What’s More Important: Storytelling or Writing Craft?

When first learning how to write, we often focus on the skills of writing craft—grammar rules, point of view, etc.—but storytelling skills are just as important. Some might even say they’re more important. After all, we can probably think of popular…
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2025/12/whats-more-important-storytelling-or-writing-craft/

#Characters #Pacing #PointofView #ResidentWritingCoach #ShowDontTell

THE CONSERVATIVE MIND

#BigotsGonnabigot

🌍🌏🌎🐝

Hello
#BeyondIntractability
‘Americans Are Living in a State of Fear (w/ Rachel Kleinfeld) | Focus Group

The Bulwark (??)__
https://youtube.com/watch?v=o-1RgoatdDs&pp=0gcJCckJAYcqIYzv #WhatItIs // #WhatItWas ||

#WhatItCanBe
https://mastodon.social/@barrettaltonh/115202429973265927

#WhatItShallBe ⚛️
#rise

#music \ #TonePoem
¿\ #Rush #ShowDontTell
{ https://www.rush.com/songs/show-dont-tell/

#PlanetBee #LiveHeaven

How to Show Your Character’s Repressed Emotions

Crafting characters that readers will connect to is every writer’s goal and dozens (hundreds?) of methods exist to achieve it: deep backstory planning, character profile sheets, questionnaires, etc. Regardless of the roadmap a writer uses, writing an authentic character boils down to one…
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2025/09/show-repressed-emotions/

#CharacterWound #Characters #Emotion #ShowDontTell #WritingCraft
@indieauthors

Say less. Show more. Make them feel it. That’s how ideas last. #Leadership #Communication #Storytelling #ShowDontTell #WorkCulture #EmpathyInAction #ContentThatMatters #EmotionalIntelligence #MarketingWithMeaning #SanjayKMohindroo #ProfessionalGrowth #CreativityAtWork #VisualThinking #NarrativeLeadership #ClarityWins #LinkedInVoice
https://medium.com/@mohindroo.sanjay66/dont-tell-me-the-moon-is-shining-show-me-the-glint-of-light-on-broken-glass-anton-chekhov-ee4d3a380941

Say less. Show more. Make them feel it. That’s how ideas last. #Leadership #Communication #Storytelling #ShowDontTell #WorkCulture #EmpathyInAction #ContentThatMatters #EmotionalIntelligence #MarketingWithMeaning #SanjayKMohindroo #ProfessionalGrowth #CreativityAtWork #VisualThinking #NarrativeLeadership #ClarityWins #LinkedInVoice
https://medium.com/@mohindroo.sanjay66/dont-tell-me-the-moon-is-shining-show-me-the-glint-of-light-on-broken-glass-anton-chekhov-ee4d3a380941

Don’t overexplain.

Trust your readers to pick up on the power of subtlety.

Let your words whisper. 📝✨

Full post ➡️ https://wix.to/snzzzfW

#TonyTipsTuesdays #ShowDontTell #SubtleWriting #FaithAndFiction

The Power of Unspoken Words: How to Write Subtext in Fiction

[From KMW: I’m taking a quick sabbatical this week. I’ll be back next Monday with a post/podcast about “The Disillusionment Arc in Storytelling: A Powerful Tool for Character Growth.” Until then, I hope you enjoy this short post on the important topic of how to write subtext in fiction!] One of the…
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/how-to-write-subtext-in-fiction/

#Prose #showdonttell #subtext
@indieauthors

(Almost) everyone is watching, talking rubbish, commenting and reproducing what has long been obvious. !!! Including me !! Very few people do anything about it! This must be the famous #slacktivism. #showdonttell

#WritingResourceWednesday returns with a video from our YouTube channel: Death to "Show, Don't Tell"

Help us stamp out this outdated piece of writing advice! Or learn why you should ignore it in favor of more nuanced advice from authors Rebecca Makkai and Cecilia Tan.

https://writingtheother.com/death-to-show-dont-tell-resource/

#WritingCommunity #ShowDontTell #ZombieIdea

Curtiss Sittenfeld is back with a short story collection that explores marriage, friendship, fame, and artistic ambition. My review: #Bookthreads #Books #Booksky #BookBlogger
#ShowDontTell #NetGalley #RandomHouse #WomensFiction #ARCReview #CurtisSittenfeld #ARCReview #BookReview #RomanticComedy

http://bargain-sleuth.com/2025/01/23/show-dont-tell-by-curtis-sittenfeld-bookreview-randomhouse-arcreview-womensfiction/

#WritingResourceWednesday returns with a video from our YouTube channel: Death to "Show, Don't Tell"

Help us stamp out this outdated piece of writing advice! Or learn why you should ignore it in favor of more nuanced advice from authors Rebecca Makkai and Cecilia Tan.

https://writingtheother.com/death-to-show-dont-tell-resource/

#WritingCommunity #ShowDontTell #ZombieIdea

Falls ihr lieber lest: Ich habe auf LinkedIn einen Artikel zum Schwungrad geschrieben:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/wie-das-schwungrad-nicht-nur-agilen-teams-energie-freisetzt-nba-ypzqe

Kommt eigentlich aus dieser Podcast Folge: https://no-bullshit-agile.de/nba24-das-schwungrad.html

#AgileLeadership #Schwungrad #TeamDynamik #AgileMindset #ShowDontTell #VorbildSein #AgileTeams #EnergieImTeam #AgileTransformation #NoBullshitAgile

Falls ihr lieber lest: Ich habe auf LinkedIn einen Artikel zum Schwungrad geschrieben:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/wie-das-schwungrad-nicht-nur-agilen-teams-energie-freisetzt-nba-ypzqe

Kommt eigentlich aus dieser Podcast Folge: https://no-bullshit-agile.de/nba24-das-schwungrad.html

#AgileLeadership #Schwungrad #TeamDynamik #AgileMindset #ShowDontTell #VorbildSein #AgileTeams #EnergieImTeam #AgileTransformation #NoBullshitAgile

Falls ihr lieber lest: Ich habe auf LinkedIn einen Artikel zum Schwungrad geschrieben:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/wie-das-schwungrad-nicht-nur-agilen-teams-energie-freisetzt-nba-ypzqe

Kommt eigentlich aus dieser Podcast Folge: https://no-bullshit-agile.de/nba24-das-schwungrad.html

#AgileLeadership #Schwungrad #TeamDynamik #AgileMindset #ShowDontTell #VorbildSein #AgileTeams #EnergieImTeam #AgileTransformation #NoBullshitAgile

Falls ihr lieber lest: Ich habe auf LinkedIn einen Artikel zum Schwungrad geschrieben:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/wie-das-schwungrad-nicht-nur-agilen-teams-energie-freisetzt-nba-ypzqe

Kommt eigentlich aus dieser Podcast Folge: https://no-bullshit-agile.de/nba24-das-schwungrad.html

#AgileLeadership #Schwungrad #TeamDynamik #AgileMindset #ShowDontTell #VorbildSein #AgileTeams #EnergieImTeam #AgileTransformation #NoBullshitAgile

Falls ihr lieber lest: Ich habe auf LinkedIn einen Artikel zum Schwungrad geschrieben:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/wie-das-schwungrad-nicht-nur-agilen-teams-energie-freisetzt-nba-ypzqe

Kommt eigentlich aus dieser Podcast Folge: https://no-bullshit-agile.de/nba24-das-schwungrad.html

#AgileLeadership #Schwungrad #TeamDynamik #AgileMindset #ShowDontTell #VorbildSein #AgileTeams #EnergieImTeam #AgileTransformation #NoBullshitAgile

#WritingResourceWednesday returns with a video from our YouTube channel: Death to "Show, Don't Tell"

Help us stamp out this outdated piece of writing advice! Or learn why you should ignore it in favor of more nuanced advice from authors Rebecca Makkai and Cecilia Tan.

https://writingtheother.com/death-to-show-dont-tell-resource/

#WritingCommunity #ShowDontTell #ZombieIdea

How to shape up your CV -

As always, when it comes to writing: apply Show.Don't.Tell.

https://vurt.org/articles/twelve-rules/

#CV
#ShowDontTell

#WritingResourceWednesday returns with a video from our YouTube channel: Death to "Show, Don't Tell"

Help us stamp out this outdated piece of writing advice! Or learn why you should ignore it in favor of more nuanced advice from authors Rebecca Makkai and Cecilia Tan.

https://writingtheother.com/death-to-show-dont-tell-resource/

#WritingCommunity #ShowDontTell #ZombieIdea

I do hope I'm wrong but the trailers for #DoctorWho are looking really bad from a #ShowDontTell perspective. Lore being dictated by Ncuti like he's regenerated into Basil Exposition

Finally got to see #TheZoneOfInterest , adding it to the very top of my #showdonttell list

Having done my mandatory depression walk, I’m planning to unwind with the premier of #curbyourenthusiasm.

And to think that if the nazi scum had their way, we would’ve been deprived of Larry

Eine klassische Anfänger-Eröffnungsszene besteht aus Charaktersteckbrief-Infodumping: "Ich bin x Jahre alt. Ich wohne in y und habe z Geschwister."

Ein Fortgeschrittener vermeidet dies zumeist via #ShowDontTell in Form eines #ColdOpening.

Ein Profi allerdings mag die Fähigkeit besitzen, eben diesen Stil des Anfängers als bewusstes Stilmittel einzusetzen. Hierfür kann bspw. #Foreshadowing oder sogar ein #unreliableNarrator verwendet werden.

I am going to talk about how awful last night’s episode of Fear the Walking Dead was… again. I don’t think I am going to spoil anything because nothing happened so there was nothing to spoil, but if you’re watching the show and haven’t seen last night’s episode you should probably stop reading.

I’ll give you a second to decide.

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Okay… so… When I was in college I took a creative writing course. I had one phrase drilled into my tiny little brain: Show Don’t Tell. When you’re writing, don’t tell the readers what’s happening, show them. Describe the events as they happen, don’t just have the characters say what’s going on.

The writers of last night’s episode never took that creative writing class. Basically the entire episode is Tell Don’t Show. It’s about 40 minutes of exposition. That is inexcusable in any television situation, but here? There are only two more episodes in the entire series after last night, and they spent 40 minutes on exposition?

They also introduced new characters last night. Really. A whole new group. The story tells us that they met a major character last season… after the actor left the show and was supposed to be dead… What. The. Fuck?

Every week I say that the new episode is as bad as it could possibly get. Every week’s new episode tops the prior week in terribleness. Once again, this is the worst episode imaginable. Unforgivably bad.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2023/11/13/fear-the-walking-exposition/

#awfulTelevision #badTelevision #exposition #fearTheWalkingDead #showDonTTell #televsion #tellDonTShow #terribleTelevision #TheWalkingDead #worstShowEver

I am going to talk about how awful last night’s episode of Fear the Walking Dead was… again. I don’t think I am going to spoil anything because nothing happened so there was nothing to spoil, but if you’re watching the show and haven’t seen last night’s episode you should probably stop reading.

I’ll give you a second to decide.

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2
3

Okay… so… When I was in college I took a creative writing course. I had one phrase drilled into my tiny little brain: Show Don’t Tell. When you’re writing, don’t tell the readers what’s happening, show them. Describe the events as they happen, don’t just have the characters say what’s going on.

The writers of last night’s episode never took that creative writing class. Basically the entire episode is Tell Don’t Show. It’s about 40 minutes of exposition. That is inexcusable in any television situation, but here? There are only two more episodes in the entire series after last night, and they spent 40 minutes on exposition?

They also introduced new characters last night. Really. A whole new group. The story tells us that they met a major character last season… after the actor left the show and was supposed to be dead… What. The. Fuck?

Every week I say that the new episode is as bad as it could possibly get. Every week’s new episode tops the prior week in terribleness. Once again, this is the worst episode imaginable. Unforgivably bad.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2023/11/13/fear-the-walking-exposition/

#awfulTelevision #badTelevision #exposition #fearTheWalkingDead #showDonTTell #televsion #tellDonTShow #terribleTelevision #TheWalkingDead #worstShowEver

I am going to talk about how awful last night’s episode of Fear the Walking Dead was… again. I don’t think I am going to spoil anything because nothing happened so there was nothing to spoil, but if you’re watching the show and haven’t seen last night’s episode you should probably stop reading.

I’ll give you a second to decide.

1
2
3

Okay… so… When I was in college I took a creative writing course. I had one phrase drilled into my tiny little brain: Show Don’t Tell. When you’re writing, don’t tell the readers what’s happening, show them. Describe the events as they happen, don’t just have the characters say what’s going on.

The writers of last night’s episode never took that creative writing class. Basically the entire episode is Tell Don’t Show. It’s about 40 minutes of exposition. That is inexcusable in any television situation, but here? There are only two more episodes in the entire series after last night, and they spent 40 minutes on exposition?

They also introduced new characters last night. Really. A whole new group. The story tells us that they met a major character last season… after the actor left the show and was supposed to be dead… What. The. Fuck?

Every week I say that the new episode is as bad as it could possibly get. Every week’s new episode tops the prior week in terribleness. Once again, this is the worst episode imaginable. Unforgivably bad.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2023/11/13/fear-the-walking-exposition/

#awfulTelevision #badTelevision #exposition #fearTheWalkingDead #showDonTTell #televsion #tellDonTShow #terribleTelevision #TheWalkingDead #worstShowEver

I am going to talk about how awful last night’s episode of Fear the Walking Dead was… again. I don’t think I am going to spoil anything because nothing happened so there was nothing to spoil, but if you’re watching the show and haven’t seen last night’s episode you should probably stop reading.

I’ll give you a second to decide.

1
2
3

Okay… so… When I was in college I took a creative writing course. I had one phrase drilled into my tiny little brain: Show Don’t Tell. When you’re writing, don’t tell the readers what’s happening, show them. Describe the events as they happen, don’t just have the characters say what’s going on.

The writers of last night’s episode never took that creative writing class. Basically the entire episode is Tell Don’t Show. It’s about 40 minutes of exposition. That is inexcusable in any television situation, but here? There are only two more episodes in the entire series after last night, and they spent 40 minutes on exposition?

They also introduced new characters last night. Really. A whole new group. The story tells us that they met a major character last season… after the actor left the show and was supposed to be dead… What. The. Fuck?

Every week I say that the new episode is as bad as it could possibly get. Every week’s new episode tops the prior week in terribleness. Once again, this is the worst episode imaginable. Unforgivably bad.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2023/11/13/fear-the-walking-exposition/

#awfulTelevision #badTelevision #exposition #fearTheWalkingDead #showDonTTell #televsion #tellDonTShow #terribleTelevision #TheWalkingDead #worstShowEver

Radio Blackbird Illustrations is back with a new post, now the grading is all over.

Do you trust experts? Sure! But who's the *real* expert in textbooks?! Or the right one for novice learners? And how do you show that in an image? Check it out! 👇

#IllustratingIdeas #ShowDontTell #tenurefile

https://radioblackbirdillustrations.com/2023/05/15/dont-ask-the-expert/

"Show, don't tell" can be taken too literally and result in a lot of stage-directing and overreliance on visual elements (and pointing and turning and looking and smiling).

I prefer "Evoke, don't explain." Use all the senses and use imagery/figurative language to build those moods and atmospheres.

But that "don't" is a soft "don't." Sometimes a little explaining is okay. It's all about balance.

#AmEditing #ShowDontTell #WritingCommunity

@JourneyAlign

In education (and likely other places) it's called #Modeling

It's related to the #ShowDontTell trope for writers.

Now running:
https://www.crumlincollege.ie/evening-classes
#OnlineCreativeWriting
I run a 10-week Zoom course twice a year, Online Creative Writing on Tuesday evening

*Started 26 September*
18:30—20:00 Irish time

Fee: €120

Podcast by @faduda about how I teach https://soundcloud.com/dublinfreelance/freelance-forum-63-lucille-redmond

Classes cover
#MiseEnScène
#Dialogue
#PointOfView, #ShowDontTell #Foreshadowing #Description
#HerosJourney
#Research
#WritersBlock
with emphasis on #Editing skills
https://mitbe.enrol.ie/crumlinaesept23//mitlive/Register/coursePage.php?courseid=270
@bookstodon

https://learnxinyminutes.com/ is one of the best tools for learning new programming languages or refreshing on math concepts as they relate to computer science.

Highly recommend for people who love seeing inline examples of concepts.

#programming #showdonttell #protips #math