Understanding Show, Don’t Tell: (And Really Getting It) (Skill Builders Series Book 1) by Janice Hardy (PDF)

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Do you struggle with show, don’t tell? You don’t have to. Award-winning author Janice Hardy (and founder of the popular writing site, Fiction University) takes you deep into one of the most frustrating aspects of writing–showing, and not telling. She’ll help you understand what show, don’t tell means, teach you how to spot told prose in your writing, and reveal why common advice on how to fix it doesn’t always work.With in-depth analysis, Understanding Show, Don’t Tell (And Really Getting It) looks at what affects told prose and when telling is the right thing to do. It also explores aspects of writing that aren’t technically telling, but are connected to told prose and can make prose feel told, such as infodumps, description, and backstory.Her easy-to-understand examples will show you clear before and after text and demonstrate how telling words change the prose. You’ll learn how to find the right balance between description, narrative, and internalization for the strongest impact. These examples will also demonstrate why showing the wrong details can sound just as dull as telling.This book will help you: Understand when to tell and when to showSpot common red flag words often found in told proseLearn why one single rule doesn’t apply to all booksDetermine how much telling is acceptable in your writingFix stale or flat prose holding your writing backUnderstanding Show, Don’t Tell (And Really Getting It) is more than just advice on what to do and what not to do—it’s a down and dirty examination and analysis of how show, don’t tell works, so you can adapt the “rules” to whatever style or genre you’re writing. By the end of this book, you’ll have a solid understanding of show, don’t tell and the ability to use it without fear or frustration.

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⭐Show vs. tell can be a topic that has people feeling stunted in finding better approaches, and this book will really show you the private conversations you’ll be having as a writer to appreciate yourself and the mental models created, refined, and utilized for writing.I picked up this awesome gem of knowledge after glancing some reviews of how the author immediately had a reader engaged in deep POV on the first page in one of her novels.And since then, I’ve been highlighting, note taking, and bookmarking ever since reading this. I would capture tips and tricks with other how-to’s and know to show more than just telling. But, I thought to myself on how can I possibly get out of that tell prose myself?And then Hardy mentioned something in the novel, something so obvious that I should’ve known, as to why we tend to tell at first to ourselves. It’s just a subconscious habit we do so we can get that creativity flowing, which is good if we need that information immediately, but it is our due diligence as writers to GO BACK to that tell prose and convert it to a show prose.But just when I reached an epiphany with how Hardy articulates herself well with this, she also shows you the pros and cons, and when a tell prose can be of utility in whatever story you’re making!Hardy knows her stuff, and really portrays the logic as to how some things can distance a reader vs. really having them engage in that deep, vicarious identification with characters.Even just the examples (I’m almost done reading with the book actually), I was immediately drawn and was able to see things mentally as if I were in that moment.She breaks down the show and tell prose at a sentence level, paragraph level, and other levels as well! This is truly a valuable asset to help writers of all types (pantsers, plotters) go in with confidence.Be sure to make notes and annotations, and mark all over when reading this! Another great mentor that has more in her Skillbuilder series.I also read a book on Emotinal Beats from another author before, and this book helps refine the utility out of that and becoming a better writer.My key takeaway is you will come to an understanding of when to consider utilizing show prose and even tell prose when the time is right. Everything has come full circle for me.I look forward to reading more from Hardy to add to my ever-expanding tool-kit.

⭐The author walks you through telling and showing in about every way possible, plus circles back to when it okay. I loved the easy to understand format that she puts each chapter into, and can already tell that it will make it easy to reference in the future.At the end of the book she includes a one page quick reference guide, which I was hoping for throughout reading. Reading this book made constructing engaging sentences make more sense.Even if you think you are great at showing instead of telling, give it a read, it will be worth the few hours.

⭐This book tells a writer what it really means to show and not tell. I’ve been a freelanced action thriller writer for a while now. It has helped me take my writing to the next level.

⭐I love, love, LOVE this book. I’m a book coach and I make all of my clients read this book when they start drafting. You won’t regret buying this book. It’s easy to read and so helpful.

⭐I rarely write Amazon reviews unless I’m blown away by an item I ordered. This book is like stumbling across a treasure chest of gold. Because that’s what you’ll find inside! Everything you need to become a better writer! Janice Hardy takes time to explain to you IN GREAT DETAIL and WITH EXAMPLES on how to show in your writing and not tell. These are THE BEST examples you’ll find in any writing book. And I’ve read a lot! After you read this book, you’ll feel like you just learned a secret not a lot of people know. You’ll feel giddy and excited about it. It will make you feel good because you now have the correct ammo to load into your pen, pencil or computer keyboard to write better words, sentences, paragraphs, pages and books. I was so blown away by Janice’s book that I immediately ordered all her other writing books. If you’re a writer, this is a book you can’t pass up. Get it NOW! You won’t be disappointed! Thank you Janice Hardy for taking the time to explain show don’t tell in the detail that you did. What a gift you have given us writers! XO

⭐This book was a find for me. This author has done and extraordinary job of defining in simple language, WITH EXAMPLES, the dread ‘show don’t tell’ dilemma that had plagued me for years in my writers group. What exactly do you mean by show, don’t tell? How do you know when you are doing the bad thing. This author does an amazing job of explaining this in layman’s terms. My hat’s off to her. Having taught as adjunct at university I have to say that this lady is one of the best teachers I have met or been instructed by. Kudos. If you’re serious about your writing and show don’t tell is one of your bugaboos, this is the book for you.

⭐For writers, this concept is really tough to master. While after reading this I still have much practice to become good at the show don’t tell, I now have at least a road map to look for problems.The value is unmistakable, I would have easily been willing to pay double for the information that is in here. This is one that I will say is worth the money and the read.

⭐This title was exactly what I was looking for. It’s short but concise, offering rules that work and examples that make sense. I love the target words to search for later. Very helpful.

⭐Despite what I just said in the title, let me state why this is a great book.Whilst everyone knows the “show don’t tell” principle, and whilst most know the rudiments of it, the difficulty is thatoften there is a need to tell, but sometimes it can be hard to tell when we’re telling.So this books looks at how to strike a balance, but also how to read your drafts for obvious and subtler “tells” and then how to work around this. I thought that I was fairly experienced when it came to writing, but far, far from a “knowitall”, and I thought I gained a lot from reading it.

⭐The approach for this book is rather repetitive, but given the nature of the subject matter, it is helpful as a way to maintain the focus of one’s attention on the subject and its scope. Like so many other lines of advice that authors “of fiction” would do better to apply, it is alarming to note how few, if almost none of them, in concert with their editors who ought to know, actually have any mastery whatsoever, of these technicalities that are more often better applied in non-fiction, technical books. For example: science books by John Ziman.

⭐This writing craft book is the best so far I’ve read and the easiest to understand. Everyone tells you when writing, you must show don’t tell. So what exactly does that mean? Well this book goes into great detail to answer this question. There are lots of examples of told text and how to change it to shown text. A must have read for all those learning to write like a professional. 5 stars from me.

⭐This book takes its time to really explain the much heard advice “show don’t tell” in a way detailed way with the help of many examples. Each example shows the different traps of “telling” and which words to look out for and how to identify those passages and, most importantly, how to fix them.Incredibly helpful tool for any aspiring, new or intermediate writer.

⭐Anyone who wants to write fiction should buy this. I wish ai had read it before I finished my debut novel. 110,000 words that I’m now working my way through and improving. Buy this book!

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