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Essential Guide to Writing a Novel

Episode 32 - A formula for showing, and clear and spare writing.

25 min • 30 september 2022

We should show as opposed to tell most of the time. But sometimes telling is fine. Here is a formula for when to show and when to tell. Also, we'll talk about techniques for clear and spare writing. And the reason Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is my favorite novel. And a wonderfully funny sentence from Lee Child.

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