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Tabitha said...
Yep, action is definitely the key to showing. It's so simple, and yet for some reason it takes new writers awhile for that to sink in. Personally, I think it's because so few people actually define it. Glad there's another definitive definition out there now. :)
I like your example. I think you could take that final sentence further:
Amy shivered. The cold seeped through her skin, right into her heart.
This is a combination of showing and active prose, but the two are so intertwined that I think they're near impossible to separate. :)
May 13, 2009, 10:17:00 AM