Don’t Doubt Your Reader’s Imaginations

It’s the age-old advice of Show, Don’t Tell.

Deidre Delpino Dykes
Nov 1 · 2 min read
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

There’s a lot of writing advice out there, but one of the most common things you’ll be told, especially as a newer writer, is likely going to sound really familiar to you. Ready? I know, I know. You’ve probably heard this a thousand times before: Show, don’t tell.

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Deidre Delpino Dykes

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Maryland Birdmancer, queer, speculative fiction author/editor, TTRPG player/GM, actually just three birds in a trench coat.

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