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What Makes Colorful Writing? Showing Writing vs. Telling Writing

Sep 5, 2018 | Creativity, Recommendations, Writing

What makes colorful writing? The first writing advice I ever received was this: “Show; don’t tell.” Let’s look at why this is good advice and how to follow it. In fiction writing we want the reader to visualize the story. Read this sentence: Samantha tried to navigate...

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