tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34170571.post545090535136440420..comments2024-03-14T01:58:06.746-04:00Comments on dulemba: Janice Hardy's UNDERSTANDING SHOW, DON'T TELLElizabeth O Dulembahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07255495706124193452noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34170571.post-10931555156126687692016-10-29T08:20:18.119-04:002016-10-29T08:20:18.119-04:00JC, thanks! Writers and readers don't always s...JC, thanks! Writers and readers don't always see things the same. And writers are much picker :) Me, too. It's hard to believe it's all over now.<br /><br />There will be more Skill Builders in 2017 for sure, probably summertime. I have to finish up Polishing Your Novel first (the companion book to the revision novel), which should come out early in the year. Janice Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34170571.post-33674031128504504302016-10-28T14:34:12.944-04:002016-10-28T14:34:12.944-04:00Thanks for the tips. Especially enjoyed the READER...Thanks for the tips. Especially enjoyed the READERS perspective. I'm getting a little misty about the tour ending. Hoping another book in the Skill Builder series will be coming soon! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17302225327509532461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34170571.post-74832278937209636092016-10-28T08:30:23.204-04:002016-10-28T08:30:23.204-04:00Vahlaeity, most welcome. That "hard and fast ...Vahlaeity, most welcome. That "hard and fast rile" aspect also drove me crazy as a new writer (still does, actually). It's so subjective. And I agree, I've had many an interesting book let me down by telling too much :) So sad when that happens. Janice Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34170571.post-4332615893440520772016-10-28T08:18:53.737-04:002016-10-28T08:18:53.737-04:00Vahlaeity - it's in there now! Sorry for that!...Vahlaeity - it's in there now! Sorry for that!!! :) eElizabeth O Dulembahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255495706124193452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34170571.post-82023747388948537212016-10-27T23:29:40.993-04:002016-10-27T23:29:40.993-04:00PS I can't see the Raffle entry form, is it mi...PS I can't see the Raffle entry form, is it missing or is it just hiding from me? Thanks again.Vahlaeityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18038892372374001592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34170571.post-89351593974141104772016-10-27T23:24:17.310-04:002016-10-27T23:24:17.310-04:00It is so often communicated as a hard and fast rul...It is so often communicated as a hard and fast rule! Thank you for explaining it so clearly as context dependent. I can think of two middle grade ni els where telling is used but the effect is quite different. In 'The Hobbit' I always feel that the narrator has sat me down to tell a story. the told prose feels like a conversation between reader and narrator. The other novel (the first in a large series) is just killed by the telling. Even allowing for more telling in MG fiction it just fell flat. The telling sucked all the immediacy and urgency from what was meNt to be a fast paced high action plot.Vahlaeityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18038892372374001592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34170571.post-83124000450975553582016-10-27T12:16:22.482-04:002016-10-27T12:16:22.482-04:00Thanks for having me, e!Thanks for having me, e!Janice Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.com