{"id":14041,"date":"2023-04-13T22:15:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T22:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/david-awoke-to-his-brother-johns-call-and-the-smell-of-cooking-bacon-he-did-his-morning-routine-before-coming-down-to-breakfast-john-was-annoyed-once-again-david-had-just-enough-time-to-c\/"},"modified":"2023-04-13T22:15:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T22:15:19","slug":"david-awoke-to-his-brother-johns-call-and-the-smell-of-cooking-bacon-he-did-his-morning-routine-before-coming-down-to-breakfast-john-was-annoyed-once-again-david-had-just-enough-time-to-c","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/david-awoke-to-his-brother-johns-call-and-the-smell-of-cooking-bacon-he-did-his-morning-routine-before-coming-down-to-breakfast-john-was-annoyed-once-again-david-had-just-enough-time-to-c\/","title":{"rendered":"David awoke to his brother John\u2019s call and the smell of cooking bacon. He did his morning routine before coming down to breakfast. John was annoyed: once again, David had just enough time to catch the bus."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To Show Not Tell:<\/p>\n<div>1.\tUse dialogue\n<\/div>\n<div>Instead of telling the reader your mom was angry, they can hear it for themselves: \u201cPia Frances,\u201d Mom bellowed, \u201cGet in here this instant!\u201d\n<\/div>\n<div>To Show Not Tell:\n<\/div>\n<div>2. Use Description.\n<\/div>\n<div>See\n<\/div>\n<div>Hear\n<\/div>\n<div>Smell\n<\/div>\n<div>Touch\n<\/div>\n<div>Taste\n<\/div>\n<div>To Show Not Tell:\n<\/div>\n<div>2.\tUse Description. Appeal to several senses, not just sight\n<\/div>\n<div>3.\tBe specific. Instead of \u201cI had never felt anything like it before in my entire life,\u201d describe what that feeling was, and then convey that feeling to the reader.\n<\/div>\n<div>To Show not tell\n<\/div>\n<div>4.\tUse action words. Not simply walked But Strutted Shuffled Sashayed .\n<\/div>\n<div>5.\tUse actions. Body language. Where in the room. Actions besides talking.\n<\/div>\n<div>Your assignment\n<\/div>\n<div>Make the following passage active (showing in Scene), not passive (telling in Summary).\n<\/div>\n<div>To Show Not Tell:\n<\/div>\n<div>1.\tUse dialogue\n<\/div>\n<div>Instead of telling the reader your mom was angry, they can hear it for themselves: \u201cPia Frances,\u201d Mom bellowed, \u201cGet in here this instant!\u201d\n<\/div>\n<div>To Show Not Tell:\n<\/div>\n<div>2. Use Description.\n<\/div>\n<div>See\n<\/div>\n<div>Hear\n<\/div>\n<div>Smell\n<\/div>\n<div>Touch\n<\/div>\n<div>Taste\n<\/div>\n<div>To Show Not Tell:\n<\/div>\n<div>2.\tUse Description. Appeal to several senses, not just sight\n<\/div>\n<div>3.\tBe specific. Instead of \u201cI had never felt anything like it before in my entire life,\u201d describe what that feeling was, and then convey that feeling to the reader.\n<\/div>\n<div>To Show not tell\n<\/div>\n<div>4.\tUse action words. Not simply walked But Strutted Shuffled Sashayed .\n<\/div>\n<div>5.\tUse actions. Body language. Where in the room. Actions besides talking.\n<\/div>\n<div>Your assignment\n<\/div>\n<div>Make the following passage active (showing in Scene), not passive (telling in Summary).\n<\/div>\n<div>To Show Not Tell:\n<\/div>\n<div>1.\tUse dialogue\n<\/div>\n<div>Instead of telling the reader your mom was angry, they can hear it for themselves: \u201cPia Frances,\u201d Mom bellowed, \u201cGet in here this instant!\u201d\n<\/div>\n<div>To Show Not Tell:\n<\/div>\n<div>2. Use Description.\n<\/div>\n<div>See\n<\/div>\n<div>Hear\n<\/div>\n<div>Smell\n<\/div>\n<div>Touch\n<\/div>\n<div>Taste\n<\/div>\n<div>To Show Not Tell:\n<\/div>\n<div>2.\tUse Description. 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Use dialogue Instead of telling the reader your mom was angry, they can hear it for themselves: \u201cPia Frances,\u201d Mom bellowed, \u201cGet in here this instant!\u201d To Show Not Tell: 2. Use Description. See Hear Smell Touch Taste To Show Not Tell: 2. Use Description. 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