tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689704930820315029.post8882556679810951397..comments2023-10-23T06:31:29.964-07:00Comments on Fantasy Thoughts from My Easy Chair: Telling Faster than ShowingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14115085533635353291noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689704930820315029.post-37437906118939702142010-07-29T15:52:39.395-07:002010-07-29T15:52:39.395-07:00Ann -- She was one of the grand-dames of British E...Ann -- She was one of the grand-dames of British English fiction though I don't think she was quite as popular as Cookson.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14115085533635353291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689704930820315029.post-15760334138109364122010-07-29T15:34:56.542-07:002010-07-29T15:34:56.542-07:00Happily, I found you from a friend's blog.
I ...Happily, I found you from a friend's blog.<br /><br />I see you wrote your first novel in sixth grade. I wrote my first story then, and then a short novel a year later, patterned after Nancy Drew!! There were a lot more paying markets for fiction and non-fiction back in "our day."<br /><br />Nice to meet you.<br /><br />There is nothing wrong with telling. It can work just as well as showing if it's done well. Sometimes it's necessary to tell crucial information. A good writer intuits when to use both means.<br /><br />Norah Lofts was born the year before my mother was--1904. She was close to "my time," since I'm an "older" blogger. I'm glad I read your post to remind me of her. I never read her, but now I'm curious...Ann Besthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14628616245339887301noreply@blogger.com