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Nevertheless, here’s a short summary of why Showing is not a good thing in your first draft: It’s too easy to get tangled up in long descriptions and lengthy passages You can quickly lose sight of the big picture of your story, which,
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“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.”
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“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
― The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses
― The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses
“You take every opportunity given you in this world, even if you have too many opportunities. One day, the opportunities stop, you know.”
― The Hotel New Hampshire
― The Hotel New Hampshire
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