A powerful image can do more than a paragraph of exposition

Substack NotesFigments & Fragments
Written By Frank Tarczynski

You don’t need to tell us the character is heartbroken.

You can show us… 

  1. the untouched coffee

  2. the unanswered text

  3. the unmade bed at 2 in the afternoon

One vivid image carries more emotional weight than pages of description. It invites the reader in and lets them feel it.

Good writing informs; great writing evokes.

Trade exposition for imagery. Trust your reader. Let a single, striking detail say what a paragraph can’t.

Frank Tarczynski

Documenting my journey from full-time educator to full-time screenwriter.

https://ImFrank.blog
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