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See you after December

It turns out you have to work pretty hard at your last year of uni. I really should have seen this coming, but I don't think I'll be able to keep blogging until late December. I may post here and there if I do manage to squeeze some time out, otherwise I'll be back at Christmas with more tips, featured novels, and lots of free critiques!

Show Vs. Tell: Round 2

You can always go one step back or forward along the show/tell spectrum. Sentences aren’t dichotomous . It isn’t as simple as one sentence shows and the other tells, but more to do with how much a sentence shows and how much it tells. For example: He was angry -> he frowned -> his eyebrows pulled together into an angry look. Where you need to be on the spectrum depends on the importance of the imagery. Is the character’s ghastly frown a pivotal moments or a strong feature of characterisation? Or is it just a quick frown like a passing thought which adds to the scene in a less imposing manor? Sometimes you may feel like you’ve already gone as far down the spectrum as needed and someone will tell you to go further – you need to decide how much showing adds to the story and if it can be told better. ----- On a side note, the workload for my degree is getting pretty heavy right now. I’ll aim to put out one post a week until it loosens up, although I already have a few more ‘s