Showing v Telling

11 Abril 2016, 10:00 • David Alan Prescott

Using texts taken from works by Raymond Carver, before and after revision, as well as some of my examples, an analysis of the differences between telling as a writing technique ("He walked into the room and sat down. He was nervous") and showing ("He walked into the room and sat down. He kept on drumming his fingers on the desk and was playing with a little piece of paper he took from his pocket.")