@ajsaxsma: How to stop over-explaining emotion in fiction. If you write a powerful scene and then explain what the character is feeling, you’re undoing your own work. Show don’t tell isn’t just about what you write. It’s about what you don’t write after it.

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Anime Engineer :

hahaha its almost like the extra sentence is for u, not the reader. omg am I doing this????

2026-04-29 12:43:54

sci-fi mom :

Why do we keep doing this? 🤯

2026-06-02 16:08:14

@lli$on Willi@m$ :

When is it okay to explain?

2026-04-29 03:52:27

Author E.H. Drake :

YES! The summarizing.. I'm like folks I read it, thanks

2026-05-13 20:21:34

ILIANAxO :

Yes noticed it in my line edit ugh I did it all the time so annoying

2026-05-09 03:15:29

Sk.O :

Thank yoouuuuu!!!!

2026-05-01 12:37:08

Lunarince :

LOUDER!!

2026-05-20 10:57:46

Jackie :

Thank you, that has been my problem

2026-05-13 13:58:08

Nico Nico :

I want make a mind game book but idk how to do it lol

2026-04-29 15:33:33

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