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Don’t Show, Don’t Tell: The Power of Suggestion in Fiction

There is a common rule in storytelling that says “Show, Don’t Tell.” However, sometimes doing neither one is actually much better.

What Walks at Night

Though his side of the bed was normal, Willard quickly realized that his wife’s side of the bed was horrendously shredded and slimy. Willard did not focus his energy on that side, though, as he continued to scan the room for the cause of the sound and the damage to his wife’s side of the bed. Standing by the window, watching the moon as if looking out from an aquarium, there stood a great horror.

The Rule of "One Thing"

One of the most maligned rules of writing fiction is this idea that you can only have one thing – one single thing – that was changed about your fictitious world if you want to tell a good story.