Re:‘Show, Don’t Tell’ Almost Ruined Me as a Writer
by cryptonector on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @06:54PM
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Too much description gets tiresome, sorry.
I often think of Borges, how incredibly economical he was with words, yet still able to paint a vivid picture. I want prose to be as economical with words as possible. The reader's (my!) time is valuable, so the author should not take too much of it. Boring the reader, risks losing the reader.
I often think of Borges, how incredibly economical he was with words, yet still able to paint a vivid picture. I want prose to be as economical with words as possible. The reader's (my!) time is valuable, so the author should not take too much of it. Boring the reader, risks losing the reader.