Show and Tell

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Show don't tell-you've heard it a million times. But what if that advice is holding your writing back?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In this bold and practical craft guide publishing veteran Mary Kole dismantles one of writing's most misunderstood commandments and shows you how to use both showing </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>and</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> telling to level up your creative writing craft.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Whether you're workshopping a novel writing a memoir or deep in the revision trenches </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Show </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>and</span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Tell</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a smart no-nonsense writing reference book that gives you the tools to:</span></p><ul><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Avoid the most common showing mistakes</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Cut the fluff without flattening your voice</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Deepen character and emotion</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Explore interiority</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Understand how emotion works on the page to make readers care</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Balance immersive scenes with effective exposition and stop overwriting</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Use narrative voice intentionally (and irresistibly)</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Tell just enough to build trust context and clarity</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Packed with excerpts from over 50 published books troubleshooting advice and rigorous analysis this guide is your permission slip to break the rules that have been holding writers back for generations.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Don't just show. Don't just tell. Learn when why and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>how</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> to do both.</span></p>