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>show, don't tell

>> No.20794728

Just a reminder, if you can not see the wisdom behind cliches and just accept them at literal face value you will never be a writer and are probably a moron.

>> No.20794746

>No you can't describe environments in detail because... YOU JUST CAN'T, OKAY!?!?

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20794754

>inasmuch as

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>>20794746
>what, you wanted the protagonist to be older than 2 years old by the end of the first 500 page novel? Sorry, but we had to fully describe my world first

>> No.20794836

>>20794759
Based

>> No.20794906

>>20794759
How'd he do it lads

>> No.20794911

>>20794653
EACH CONVULSION SHOT WHITE HOT ACROSS HER ASS. "SHUT THE FUCK UP" HE YELLED WHEN THE NOISE IN THE CLOSET BECAME NOTICABLE AGAIN. HIS CIGAETTE WAS STILL ANGRY AND RED IN THE ASH TRAY. ANGRY AND RED. THE WHISKEY BOTTLE HALF FULL. HE DIDNT EVEN ZIP HIS PANTS, JUST PUT THEM IN PLACE WITH A KNOWING YANK, SAT UPON THE CLOSTHES IN THE CHAIR, TOOK A DRAG, AND SAID ....