{"id":5901,"date":"2012-07-16T11:16:14","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T17:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/?p=5901"},"modified":"2025-04-15T12:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:10:22","slug":"personal-history-workshop-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/16\/personal-history-workshop-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal History Workshop&#8211;5"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Show, Don\u2019t Tell&#8211;A Vivid Use of Words<\/h1>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Go Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/13\/personal-history-workshop-4\/\">Lesson 4.<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Make a list of qualities that describe a person in your family. Then describe that character in a scene, snapshot, or memory. Show the person\u2019s qualities without using the name of the quality. Avoid generalizations and judgments. See if you can get your message across <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/show-dont-tell.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5902\" title=\"show-dont-tell\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/show-dont-tell-300x176.jpeg?resize=300%2C176\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/show-dont-tell.jpeg?resize=300%2C176&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/show-dont-tell.jpeg?w=489&amp;ssl=1 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>without using a word on your list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The skillful writer usually does not tell the reader about the subject, but <\/span>instead,<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> he reveals the subject to the reader.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The way to SHOW is to use the five senses. Through your choice of words, you can invite the reader to experience what you have seen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sinclair Lewis gave this advice: \u201cDon\u2019t explain your characters, make \u2018em live!\u201d You explain your characters by telling what you think of them and their behavior. You make them live by showing the reader what they do and say so the reader can \u201cbe present\u201d at the events that lead to your conclusions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Examples:<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Telling:<\/strong>\u00a0 Susan was a very stubborn and completely independent <\/span>person<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0and was always doing things her way despite her parents\u2019 effort to make her conform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Showing:<\/strong> Susan would wear a tee shirt to a formal party if she pleased, with boots and large dangly earrings. \u201cOh darling,\u201d her mother would say, standing in the doorway and wringing her hands, \u201c it\u2019s just not proper.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As you write about an event, eliminate useless words. Experiment with other descriptive words that will help you eliminate more words. Can<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Odysseus.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5904\" title=\"Odysseus\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Odysseus-300x215.jpeg?resize=300%2C215\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Odysseus.jpeg?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Odysseus.jpeg?w=382&amp;ssl=1 382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> you see what you are describing? Are the senses engaged?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The objective is not to use big, foreign words. In fact, the simpler the word, the better. Do not waste words, make your few words work hard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Here is an example of capturing the essence of a story by showing the senses. The following comes from an assignment my mother fulfilled while taking this class in her ward:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI remember being sent running to the market to buy cheese for my mother\u2019s grocery store. Facing the lady of the cheese again! Reluctantly I leave our house, turn left, walking up the street quickly. On the left side of the street lives a Polish family. They speak a different language, they are strange, mysterious and they have a fascinatingly good looking tall, dark son, watched constantly and silently by all the older girls in the neighborhood. It\u2019s enough to make Poland the most exotic country in the world. Almost automatically I look through the front door into the hall, to see if, by any <\/span>chance,<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> he would be there. Of course, he is not. He never is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/show-words.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5903\" title=\"show words\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/show-words-300x210.jpeg?resize=300%2C210\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/show-words.jpeg?resize=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/show-words.jpeg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">At the corner, I glance quickly at the new furniture through the store window. I see row after row of mattresses and beds, and row after row of kitchen tables and <\/span>chairs<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0so tastelessly arranged that no attractive images of nicely furnished rooms come to my mind. Right across the street is a wide open clothing store with clothing crowding along the ceiling and boxes of shoes piled up on the floor. The parents of one of my schoolmates own it. I always look to see if she or her brother are there. They never are. So, I visualize them in a kitchen somewhere arguing as they eat breakfast at the table. Lucky are the kids who are not required to work hard early in the morning in their parent\u2019s business!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Challenge:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>SEE, HEAR, SMELL, TASTE, and FEEL<\/strong>\u00a0what you can do with a new memory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Go on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/21\/personal-history-workshop-6\/\">Lesson 6.<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Show, Don\u2019t Tell&#8211;A Vivid Use of Words Go Back to Lesson 4. &nbsp; Make a list of qualities that describe a person in your family. Then describe that character in a scene, snapshot, or memory. Show the person\u2019s qualities without using the name of the quality. Avoid generalizations and judgments. 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