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When to Show, When to Tell with Rebecca Starford
Introduction
Welcome
About Your Teacher (2:00)
Part One: Dissecting the ‘Show Don’t Tell’ Mantra
Introduction
Exercise: Why Do You Read?
What Does ‘Show, Don’t Tell’ Even Mean? (2:11)
How Do We Recognise the Showing Mode?
Exercise: Identify the Elements of Showing
How Do We Recognise the Telling Mode?
Exercise: Using the Visual to Aid the Written
Learning to Re-see the World
Why We Still Need Telling (1:46)
Play to Your Creative Strengths
Your Teacher: My Creative Strengths and Weaknesses (1:16)
Exercise: Identifying Techniques
Part Two: Strategies to Balance Show and Tell
Introduction (1:34)
Reflection, Anecdote and Backstory
Exercise: Working Backstory Into the Narrative
Emotional Expression
Exercise: Writing Feelings
Reaction
Exercise: Reaction
Movement and Mannerisms
Exercise: Understanding More About Character Through Action
Character Focalised Through Others
Setting
Exercise: What Setting Shows the Reader
Dialogue
Exercise: Getting Dialogue to Work for Your Story
Narrative Description
Your Mode of Storytelling (1:26)
Exercise: Understanding Your Mode
Part Three: Drilling Down Into Your Own Work
Introduction
Simple Language
Exercise: Stripping Back Your Prose
Make an Effort (2:18)
Exercise: Writing the Indescribable
Specificity of Language
Avoid Adverbs and Clichés (1:30)
Exercise: Avoiding Adverbs & Clichés
Push On, Push On
Conclusion (0:56)
Feedback
Thank you
Exercise: Why Do You Read?
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