tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447996151440578956.post1632152532460073945..comments2024-03-18T04:50:28.589-07:00Comments on Grace's Mosaic Moments: Show, Don't Tell - Warning WordsGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040441084648426091noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447996151440578956.post-901996668871107872019-02-17T13:08:19.678-08:002019-02-17T13:08:19.678-08:00Yes, yes, yes! All those "filter words" ...Yes, yes, yes! All those "filter words" (thought, felt, etc.) make writing easy... and dull. Thanks, Grace. Kerryn Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16017011768158276736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447996151440578956.post-72213198730847524002019-02-17T04:00:05.492-08:002019-02-17T04:00:05.492-08:00Slowly, you are enabling me to understand and appr...Slowly, you are enabling me to understand and appreciate "show, don't tell."<br /><br />I remember when I first heard of the idea that to use forms of the verb "to be" in your writing is bad. College English professors were going so far as to ban their use altogether. (Fortunately, I majored in math, not English.) My reaction? "Well, they've just banned God, who chose to refer to himself as 'I Am.'"Linda Wightman (SursumCorda)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05743407414054956783noreply@blogger.com