show don’t tell

“A screenplay is not a novel that happens to have margins. It’s a VISUAL document. If your action lines read […]

“Your reader did not pick up your book to read an encyclopedia. They picked it up to live a story. […]

“Your job is not to REPORT what happened. Your job is to make the reader EXPERIENCE what happened. There’s a […]

“Don’t tell me your character is angry. Show me the white-knuckled grip on the steering wheel, the jaw that could […]