Nows and Forevers

Word of advice that I put on my new Chromebook, which has been serving as my main writing device the past several weeks:

Show, don’t tell.

I found this sticker online and I wanted to find a spot on the Chromebook so that I see those three words every time I sit down to write.

Powerful words, they are.

Sometimes, all you can do is tell. But if you want to really impact readers, have them really see it, you have to show.

I need to do more showing, less telling.

And, related: Less talking, more writing.

Those are two goals through the rest of ’23.