Tag: show don't tell

Craft & Voice / Inside Moldeth City

Gravy, Not Sauce: Why the Small Stuff Carries the Whole Book

Call it "sauce" and the reader who knows closes the book. Why the small, specific stuff carries the whole novel.

Craft & Voice

How to Tell the Reader a Guy Is Dangerous Without Saying It

The sentence "he was dangerous" does nothing. Here's how to make a reader believe it — without ever using the word.