watching this is us today bc I love pain and being emotional
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I feel like a better rule than “Show, don’t tell” is “Express, don’t state”
Because a lot of people interpret “show don’t tell” as “use visuals instead of dialog” or “play out scenes instead of referencing/describing them” which is an arbitrary rule that doesn’t communicate well what the issue is.
What I mean by “Express, don’t state” is that the facts of your story should be conveyed through the story’s elements instead of stated in the story.
If a character is depressed or guilt ridden, it should be expressed through their attitude, their actions, their decisions, their reactions, etc. instead of stating “this character is depressed”. Whether it’s done through dialog or a visual of a rainy cloud doesn’t matter, because it’s still conveyed directly to the audience instead of being evident in the text itself.
In fact, sometimes having a character describe a scene or a diagnosis or whatever using dialog can express a lot more than showing the scene itself.
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Steve: Ok, truth or dare?
Bucky: Truth.
Steve: How many hours have you slept this week?
Bucky:
Bucky: ...Dare.
Steve: Go to bed.
Bucky: I don't like this game.
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Sebastian Stan Edit: AOL Build, May 4, 2016
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this guy's beef got old enough to have geology
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what even is the message here
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why do artists feel the need to write their name in big ass font on their merch I don't want to be a walking billboard and raise questions I just want to wear a t-shirt and only attract people who actually recognise it
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So, um, I have (finally) finished this little stucky comic thing. Artist!Steve is on holiday, Bucky takes care of the mess that follows. Little violence happens. No questions allowed. 2 pages + 1 bonus. Also I love Taxidriver.
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Hey all, you know how internet searches suck now? When the results are awful, full-of-AI, death-of-the-internet levels of bad?
Start appending date constraints to your searches - "before:2023".
My results have gone from 90% AI bullshit to ~60% usable - which frankly at this point is a huge improvement.
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