On Writing

Don’t Tell Me How to Feel

Make me feel it, instead.

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We are admonished, repeatedly: “Show, don’t tell!” It is good advice, if you know what the Hell it means. Ironically, too many writing teachers can’t follow their own advice — they explain what they mean, but they give and require too few examples of it.

Try this:

1. Write a paragraph…