Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 27/11/2025Show don't tell?!? This craft maxim is a bit of a contradiction, and yet it's still super important. Let's break it down 👇 #writingcommunity 5149
Vanessa Perry @vanessaperrywrites.bsky.social · 27/11/2025This was so beautifully explained! You’re a natural teacher. 110
3Eggnogfatality @3eggnogfatality.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Word. This! And, damn it all ... this is so (screams an obscenity) difficult to describe without a good circumstance the student can readily recognize. It's a bitch to walk a new/crappy writer through this. It took me years to understand and I have to re-write several times to correct this mistake. 120
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 03/12/2025telling is showing the interior domain the landscape of words #haiku 131
David @davidwritten.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Great explanation. I especially like the advice, don't over explain as that is something I struggle with. And for telling or showing, I keep in mind if what I write out is interesting and/or moves a plot along. If not, quick tell and move on. 110
⋆｡˚☆⋆Tré⋆☆˚｡⋆ @tregallery.com · 02/12/2025This is one of the most succinct explanations I've come across. Nicely done! 110
