tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228061546320890543.post8612652064114624226..comments2024-01-05T05:25:41.644-05:00Comments on Writing Fiction Right from novelist Gail Gaymer Martin: Comment Question on Showing and TellingGail Gaymer Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299564615451895559noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228061546320890543.post-80468922965680553232008-02-20T15:27:00.000-05:002008-02-20T15:27:00.000-05:00Camille - I've created another blog entry and will...Camille - I've created another blog entry and will put it up tonight. We're leaving the morning for 6 days in Florida so I won't be doing much on the computer during that time -- if anything, but you'll have my response tonight.<BR/>GailGail Gaymer Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12299564615451895559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228061546320890543.post-65643416534183304402008-02-20T11:39:00.000-05:002008-02-20T11:39:00.000-05:00Thank you for your anwers and your thoughts on thi...Thank you for your anwers and your thoughts on this! There is so much to know about showing/telling! I appreciate your points about when to tell and when not to. Still working on that one. <BR/><BR/>My biggest problem at the moment is how to make a weekend when the H&H are stuck together that includes 5 hours in a car - twice - pass with the right amount of showing/telling. I need to create the various tensions I have in mind, raise stakes and insert some important backstory during this 'get acquainted' time between them. It's a tough one to know how & when to slow it down, rachet it up and move it forward.<BR/><BR/>I think the reader needs to get a feel for the time spent yet without it dragging. I need to allow time for the H&H's tension and relationship to develop during this time stuck together. The drive takes place one morning, they spend the entire day together, then a return trip the next evening (with a stop for a very tense visit with her dad, and another stop for an impulsive hug that he quickly regrets.)<BR/><BR/>So I wonder about how to move things along here. It's definitely two days that are shown in detail. I planned for it to be a good chunk of the story, because it's important. But I know there would need to be parts that are summarized, or the weekend could be an entire book.<BR/><BR/>Thank you so much for what you give here, Gail!Camille Eidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11223707343003289521noreply@blogger.com