From Edie: Zena Dell Lowe shares how to show, not tell by using character actions and visual imagery to reveal emotions, strengthen fiction, and engage readers.
How to Show, Not Tell: Using Character Actions to Bring Your Fiction to Life
by Zena Dell Lowe @ZenaDellLowe
How to Get the Story Out of the Character's Head and Onto the Page
If you're a novelist, you're accustomed to filtering everything through your character's thoughts. Every detail—the world, the events, the emotional beats—comes to the audience filtered through the character's mind. It's their perspective that shapes the narrative.
In screenwriting, however, there's no such luxury. A screenplay doesn't allow you to tell the audience what a character is thinking or feeling. Instead, everything must be shown through action, behavior, and visual imagery.
