Comments on: Showing versus Telling…and Characterization and Training our Readers https://allentiffany.com/showing-telling-and-characterization/ My first novel - historical military fiction - made it to the top 10 of 9 of Amazon's bestseller lists. Via my blog I share what I have learned while writing two more. Thu, 02 May 2019 03:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: saltlake62@gmail.com https://allentiffany.com/showing-telling-and-characterization/#comment-60 Thu, 02 May 2019 03:14:53 +0000 http://www.allentiffany.com/?p=2580#comment-60 In reply to Rick Ellrod.

Hey Rick! Thanks for the feedback. I suspect smart writers are more adept at ‘training’ their readers than is generally understood. In fact, the better they are at it the harder it is to detect. 🙂

]]> By: Rick Ellrod https://allentiffany.com/showing-telling-and-characterization/#comment-59 Thu, 02 May 2019 00:45:06 +0000 http://www.allentiffany.com/?p=2580#comment-59 It’s a good point, Allen. It’s often occurred to me that physical reactions *underdetermine* the emotions they express. Getting red in the face might result from embarrassment, anger, desire, etc. Clenching one’s jaw might indicate anger, or determination. We need more than the bodily clues alone to know what a character is feeling — and the context, or the character’s history, help us get that needed boost.

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