Recent content by Sandy Vaile

Master Emotive Storytelling: How to Combine Showing Action with Effective Telling with Sandy Vaile Have you heard the show don’t tell adage countless times, yet still aren’t clear how to apply it? The Master Emotive Storytelling workshop is for fiction writers who want to decipher the...

We all know how vital a dazzling first chapter is to attracting agents, publishers, readers and competition wins, but it’s also the hardest part of the story, right? Have you rewritten your first chapter about a million times (no exaggeration), changed where the story starts and agonized over...

We’ve all heard this old adage, but applying it often causes confusion, because it’s riddled with contradictions. Both showing and telling are valuable techniques. One creates drama and movement, and the other conveys information succinctly and poetically. Bring your story into focus by...