Tell All

(the problem with show-don't-tell, part 2)

From the response to last week’s post, it’s clear to me that the writing advice show-don’t-tell has gotten way too boiled down in the minds of writers. We are so caught up in “doing it right” that we don’t leave room to actually do it right. And now, I’m pretty sure about this—it’s time to kill our darling. It’s time to get rid of SDT.