Visceral Description: Show, Don\’t Tell
May 10th, 2008 |
We don\’t hook a reader with logical exposition, flat narration or argument. We must get to the part of the reader\’s life that is involuntary, automatic: the five senses and mood/emotion. In that way we convert \”tell\” into \”show.\”
The visceral approach to description brings a story to life. It shatters the time tired clich
