5 Great Quotations about Show Don’t Tell

“You don’t have to say everything to say something.” – Beth Moore

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

“Don’t say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we’ve read the description.” – C.S. Lewis

“Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.” – Anton Chekhov

“A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.” – Mark Twain

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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 decade, I’ve helped more than 300 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publishing dreams at reasonable prices. I’m also the author of the 7 Minutes a Day… 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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