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Topic : Re: What are ways to "Show, don't tell" without simply listing bodily actions? Tell: Andy looked angry Show: Andy scrunched his eyebrows together, he gritted his teeth and glared. His - selfpublishingguru.com

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POV is powerful. If you drop into close third-person, you can color how you describe the scenery and how other characters are acting to show the state of mind of a character. The key word is projection. To an angry man, every word is a trigger word, every accidental trespass an intentional slight, every malfunctioning appliance a sign that God is out to get him. Use overloaded adjectives and violent metaphors to describe people and things around the man, but they are only a projection of what is going on inside him.


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