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Someone said “self-promo?!” That is my middle name. :blob_sir:

I wish more people would just not read it if they don't like it. If they start bitching, 40 chapters in, I can understand that because then they were robbed of their time. But if they start bitching at the first 5? Just why? If you don't like it, don't read it. It isn't hard to recognize that...

The devil made me do it... (c) by WarnerBros.

Average readers will leave 0.5 stars for that long sentence. From my experience, that falls into the "tell" category because you used too many words.

Ask to bring yourself back when you die. :blob_shade: Then go, pull a public Jesus move, and establish a new religion.

It's time to reroll then until we hit 0 living beings, but my family is alive.

IF they are also explained what it means. Otherwise, it is like me showing up to a ski camp, and I am told: "You need to use Pizza and French Fries." and then pushed down the slope.

I'm just saying that we have 8+ billion people on this globe. :blob_hmm:

I advise you to stop eating glue! :blob_catflip: ?

Agreed. It is also how I avoid writing she said, he said in my dialogue. I also agree with your examples. I think there are times when describing things adds to the atmosphere. Of course, there will always be readers who just want the meat and nothing more.

There is no room for interpretation in the first version as the author tells it as it is: She is angry. But that was my point, exactly, that when most people say show, don't tell, they are trying to say that they expect a description of the character's reactions, not the author writing, "She is...

This thread is subjective. It may have been a result of me getting annoyed. But tell me, what advice have you heard a million times? Those that are just parroted cliché advice that is loved to be used by pretentious know-it-alls. I'll start: Show, don't tell. In my opinion, this is the...

Slow burn. I hate it when stuff is rushed along, it feels amateurish. Of course there needs to be a balance, so world-building is not something that feels like filler.

Number 1 baby! That's what I’m talking about :blob_sir:

3k minimum? Damn.