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  • Show vs. Tell

    From Joy Beeson@jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid to rec.arts.sf.composition on Thu Feb 4 19:24:00 2021
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    At nap time, I started reading the novella "Mrs. Veriker's Courier
    Maid" in Mrs. Alexander's collection _Forging the Fetters_.

    I am skimming most of Mrs. Veriker's lines; when a character is *that* disagreeable, it's time for "tell, don't show"
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    Joy Beeson
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  • From djheydt@djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) to rec.arts.sf.composition on Fri Feb 5 00:49:39 2021
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    In article <33ro1g514dbqq3fp4j8dcuftalkud45812@4ax.com>,
    Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

    At nap time, I started reading the novella "Mrs. Veriker's Courier
    Maid" in Mrs. Alexander's collection _Forging the Fetters_.

    I am skimming most of Mrs. Veriker's lines; when a character is *that* >disagreeable, it's time for "tell, don't show"

    Did it put you to sleep? :)
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    Dorothy J. Heydt
    Vallejo, California
    djheydt at gmail dot com
    www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/
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