tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426186865370466570.post4370316676765434710..comments2024-01-23T17:05:10.650+00:00Comments on Wivenhoe Writers: Show, don't tell - you've heard it all before but what does it mean?Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556540412752681231noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426186865370466570.post-41156412499760190822014-03-26T10:54:15.828+00:002014-03-26T10:54:15.828+00:00Some interesting observations here. I agree that ...Some interesting observations here. I agree that the whole notion of 'show' not 'tell' is more complicated than it might appear. Not all thought processes can be 'enacted' in some way, nor should they necessarily be dramatised. The revelation of a character's thoughts and feelings can be indicated very effectively by stylistic devices that indicate the 'voice' of the character, as in the Lydgate passage and the one from 'Hangman's Wood'. One could argue that the reader is being 'shown' the inner workings of a character's mind.Clare Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05175566645294290362noreply@blogger.com