show don’t tell

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“A screenplay is not a novel that happens to have margins. It’s a VISUAL document. If your action lines read like paragraphs from a book,...
“Your reader did not pick up your book to read an encyclopedia. They picked it up to live a story. Feed them information like breadcrumbs,...
“Your job is not to REPORT what happened. Your job is to make the reader EXPERIENCE what happened. There’s a universe of difference between ‘she...
“Don’t tell me your character is angry. Show me the white-knuckled grip on the steering wheel, the jaw that could crack walnuts, and the silence...