Show, Don't Tell: How to write vivid descriptions, handle backstory, and describe your characters' emotions
Show, Don't Tell: How to write vivid descriptions, handle backstory, and describe your characters' emotions
Sandra Gerth
Show, Don't Tell: How to write vivid descriptions, handle backstory, and describe your characters' emotions
Sandra Gerth
Descripción
In this book, Sandra Gerth draws on her experience as an editor and a best-selling author to show you how to show and tell you when to tell.
Each chapter includes concrete examples and exercises that will hone your writing skills.
Whether you're a novice writer working on your first story or an established author who has already learned the basics of showing and telling, this book will help you to:
- Grasp the difference between showing and telling.
- Understand why showing is such a powerful tool.
- Spot telling in your own manuscript.
- Fix bland passages and turn them into compelling scenes.
- Keep from telling what you have already shown.
- Avoid the three danger areas of telling.
- Describe your characters and your setting in interesting ways.
- Put powerful emotions into your writing.
- Incorporate backstory into your novel without resorting to telling.
- Recognize telling in dialogue.
- Avoid overshowing and swamping your readers with too many details.
- Learn when telling is actually a good thing.
- Immerse your readers into your story and keep them captivated from beginning to end.
Detalles
Formato | Tapa suave |
Número de Páginas | 112 |
Lenguaje | Inglés |
Editorial | Ylva Verlag E.Kfr. |
Fecha de Publicación | 2018-02-10 |
Dimensiones | 8.0" x 5.25" x 0.27" pulgadas |
Serie | Writer's Guide |
Letra Grande | No |
Con Ilustraciones | No |
Garantía & Otros
Garantía: | 30 dias por defectos de fabrica |
Peso: | 0.136 kg |
SKU: | 9783955337506 |
Publicado en Unimart.com: | 09/11/23 |
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