Comments on: Walking, Chewing Gum, and Fiction Writing http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2010/08/11/walking-chewing-gum-and-fiction-writing/ America's Mad Professor of Fiction Writing Wed, 16 May 2012 17:16:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Sheila Deeth http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2010/08/11/walking-chewing-gum-and-fiction-writing/#comment-11509 Sheila Deeth Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:30:38 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2010/08/11/walking-chewing-gum-and-fiction-writing/#comment-11509 I like those examples. Of course, now I'll not be able to think about the difference without seeing three-eyed Martians, but I guess that's kind of the point of a really good example. Thanks. I like those examples. Of course, now I’ll not be able to think about the difference without seeing three-eyed Martians, but I guess that’s kind of the point of a really good example. Thanks.

]]> By: Tammy http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2010/08/11/walking-chewing-gum-and-fiction-writing/#comment-11527 Tammy Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:28:10 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2010/08/11/walking-chewing-gum-and-fiction-writing/#comment-11527 I've been reading (the Randy recommended) Sol Stein on Writing, and am just at the place where he discusses this very thing. These are some excellent tool for helping jump that hurdle in writing. I tend to get stuck telling, not showing (oops!!). It’s a skill to learn to write in this way, I tend to have to go back and re-write at the moment. I’m hoping that with some more practice I’ll start thinking and typing like this too. I’ve been reading (the Randy recommended) Sol Stein on Writing, and am just at the place where he discusses this very thing.

These are some excellent tool for helping jump that hurdle in writing. I tend to get stuck telling, not showing (oops!!). It’s a skill to learn to write in this way, I tend to have to go back and re-write at the moment. I’m hoping that with some more practice I’ll start thinking and typing like this too.

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