When the late Judy-Lynn Del Rey rejected one of my early novels, she wrote: "He's telling, not showing." That made me get serious as a writer.
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This is the most helpful download - thank you
Posted by: melinda | September 16, 2008 at 06:26 PM
Thank you so much for this section. I read somewhere that agents do not like a boring descriptive (such as your boxed example).
The problem for me was that I couldn't imagine a different way to describe my characters.
Now, with your example in mind, I can. Thank you so very much!
Posted by: Rhonda Graham | January 13, 2009 at 05:36 PM
Again, brilliant information, thank you so much.
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