Five Great Quotations about ‘Show Don’t Tell’

“What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers.” – Logan Pearsall Smith

“No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time.” – Lewis Carroll

“Vigorous writing is concise.” – William Strunk Jr.

“Don’t explain why it works; explain how you use it.” – Steven Brust

“Don’t say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we’ve read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers Please will you do the job for me.” – C.S. Lewis

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My name is Rob Bignell. I’m an affordable, professional editor who runs Inventing Reality Editing Service, which meets the manuscript needs of writers both new and published. I also offer a variety of self-publishing services. During the past 15 years, I’ve helped more than 400 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publishing dreams at reasonable prices. I’m also the author of the Storytelling 101 writing guidebooks, four nonfiction hiking guidebook series, and the literary novel Windmill. Several of my short stories in the literary and science fiction genres also have been published.

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