- Level
- Mixed
- Basic and Premium Members Prices
- Subscriber Member Pricing: $35.00
- Basic Member Pricing: $40.00
- Category
- Characters
- Description/Setting
- Editing
- Dialogue
- Structure
- Plotting
- Voice
- Worldbuilding
- Class Length
- 4 Weeks
Show Don’t Tell: The Writer’s Golden Rule looks at different techniques of putting your readers into your story, and how to use them.
We will cover:
Included in the workshop is a workbook with assignments, checklists, worksheets, and more.
We will cover:
- Show vs. Tell?—Examines the difference between telling a story and showing it.
- The Five Senses—How to use the senses effectively.
- Action!—Using strong, active verbs past.
- Actions Speak Louder Than Words—Using Body Language.
- I Second That Emotion—Action, reaction, and inner thought.
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Dialogue—The unique voice and speech tags.
- The Devil’s in the Details—Using details while avoiding detail overload.
- Where in the World?—Using setting to show your story.
- Final Lesson – Show me your show-don’t-tell!
Included in the workshop is a workbook with assignments, checklists, worksheets, and more.
- Class Format
- Savvy Authors' workshops are held on a forum: a bulletin board based system. You will receive a reminder notice one day prior to the start of the workshop that includes instructions on how to access the workshop forum. If you have not received instructions by the day the workshop begins, please check your spam filter.
The forum will be available the morning (EST) of the day the workshop starts and will remain accessible to all participants thereafter. You will also be given simple instructions on how to create a PDF of all your discussions along with our privacy and data retention policy.
Please note that you do NOT need to be online at a specific time to access the lectures. This is NOT a live video based class.
