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More showing and telling

More showing and telling

by Charlie Laidlaw | Apr 12, 2022 | Creative writing courses, diploma creative writing, show and tell, Writing courses

Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers In my last post I wrote about “show” and “tell.” Books need both to make narrative sparkle.  That requires balance and clear purpose to your writing.  So let’s look at that balance in a little more detail....
Show and tell

Show and tell

by Charlie Laidlaw | Apr 6, 2022 | Creative writing courses, diploma creative writing, show and tell, Writing

Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers A novel is a work of dramatic art, just like a play, film or TV drama.  To convey mood or tension, a film has dialogue, gesture and music. But a novel has to conjure mood and tension from words alone.  It’s in...

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