I woke up this morning and discovered I was meant to write a post over at SF Novelists. So, in keeping with my "great debates of writing" series (ah, I'll bet you didn't even notice I had a theme going on, eh?) -- I decided to take on "Show, Don't Tell: The Great Debate."
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Lyda, great post.
I tend to show more than I tell, which I think is mostly a good thing, but it CAN be a bad thing just as you pointed out.
When I was working on my first urban fantasy I had this scene that my critique partners really liked, but at the end one of the guys asked, "Did Tristan and James use magic to pop into the bar?" He wasn't being facetious. He sincerely wanted to know, which showed me that by starting with dialogue and escalating the tension right into a fight, I'd neglected my duty of setting the scene. I really should have incorporated a brief/vivid description of the players in the room before the action comes crashing down on them.
I like to think I've gotten better, but I still neglect descriptive detail at times. So I've resolved to use a checklist during my revisions. On the top of the list is "Is there description in this scene?"
Have a good one,
Kimber
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