cked in a large paragraph describing a scene. He did a good job 'showing' the events taking place in the living room, but gee whiz, I didn't nI received an email from an acquaintance a while back inviting me to his web page to read his latest works. I recently visited the site and began reading. The first chapter I read was rather dull and I had a difficult time keeping my mind on the story. I found myself skimming parts just to get to the good stuff. The author had failed to keep my attention.

Several chapters later I was lost with the story. I had to go back and reread several dull and over descriptive paragraphs just to figure out the connection between two characters. The little detail was tucked in a large paragraph describing a scene. He did a good job 'showing' the events taking place in the living room, but gee whiz, I didn't ne

gan reading. The first chapter I read was rather dull and I had a difficult time keeping my mind on the story. I found myself skimming parts just to get to the good stuff. The author had failed to keep my attention.

Several chapters later I was lost with the story. I had to go back and reread several dull and over descriptive paragraphs just to figure out the connection between two characters. The little detail was tucked in a large paragraph describing a scene. He did a good job 'showing' the events taking place in the living room, but gee whiz, I didn't n

ust to get to the good stuff. The author had failed to keep my attention.

Several chapters later I was lost with the story. I had to go back and reread several dull and over descriptive paragraphs just to figure out the connection between two characters. The little detail was tucked in a large paragraph describing a scene. He did a good job 'showing' the events taking place in the living room, but gee whiz, I didn't n

ack and reread several dull and over descriptive paragraphs just to figure out the connection between two characters. The little detail was tucked in a large paragraph describing a scene. He did a good job 'showing' the events taking place in the living room, but gee whiz, I didn't ncked in a large paragraph describing a scene. He did a good job 'showing' the events taking place in the living room, but gee whiz, I didn't need to know every single thing that was in the room!

I realized that by skimming the tiresome text that I may be missing more important elements of the story. So, I started over. My mind was screaming, "ok, I see it, but get on with it!"

With that in mind, I sat down at my computer the other night to work on a story. I had my mind set on 'Show, Don't Tell'. I was determined to get it down right. I typed away, but soon discovered that I was boring myself. I stared at the screen and knew that if I were bored then the reader definitely would be. I realize