Engaging Your Readers Through Emotion, Description, and the Five Senses OnDemand Webinar

“Show, don't tell," might be the single most common piece of advice authors of fiction both give and receive. But as storytellers, how do we tell a story without “telling" it? This is one of those places where craft (how to do it) gives way to art (how to do it well). What separates good authors from bad is that good authors bring us into the story, keep us there for as long as they wish, then return us to our own world feeling (not knowing,and there is a difference) as if we've actually travelled to some remote place and become some other person. The art of writing fiction is something every author will spend a lifetime developing. Philip Athans begins this tutorial by defining the terms,what it means to show rather than tell, the all-important concept of emotional distance, and presenting characters as emotional beings. Then he shows by example, taking a look at how some exceptional novelists broke through “storytelling" and brought us into a deeper, more fulfilling experience