Also by Hilari Bell:
- Coincidentally... The uses and abuses of coincidence
- Climbing up to Kaboom & 4 other tips on Story Structure
- Becoming a Hero: Story structure points 9 & 10
- Climbing Up to Kaboom: Story structure points 7 & 8
- Rise Up & Commit: Story structure points 5 & 6
- Foiled Plans: Story structure points 3 & 4
- Lights, Camera, Kickoff: Story structure points 1 & 2
- Scoring in the Elevator & 4 other tips on How to Get Published
- Hunting for an Agent: Shotgun or target pistol?
- Writing the Dread Synopsis: A synopsis system that works
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Show & Tell: & 4 other tips on Avoiding Common Mistakes
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Published: Aug. 21, 2011
Words: 7,975 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466000896
Short description
This collection contains five tips on how to use summary (telling) correctly, keeping your protagonist active, finding time to write and whether or not you should try to self publish.Extended description
Writers are alway told "show, don't tell," but that's not always right. Show & Tell discusses when you shouldn't use summary (telling) and when you shouldn't.The Most Common Intermediate Mistake & Fixing the Most Common Intermediate Mistake focus on what makes a protagonist active, and how scene-sequel structure can force a lazy protagonist to get off his butt and run your plot!
A Time to Write bursts the myth of "finding" time.
And Are you the Next American Idol? (revised!) deals with the question of whether or not you should self-publish your novel.
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