[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” bg_type=”image” parallax_style=”vcpb-vz-jquery” bg_image_new=”id^51420|url^https://bluepencilagency.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/artist-shape-02.png|caption^null|alt^null|title^artist-shape-02|description^null” bg_image_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_image_size=”contain” seperator_enable=”seperator_enable_value” seperator_type=”xlarge_triangle_right_seperator” seperator_position=”bottom_seperator” seperator_shape_background=”#ffffff” css=”.vc_custom_1638232982798{background-color: #f7f4ee !important;background-position: 0 0 !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][ultimate_spacer height=”50″][ultimate_heading main_heading=”SHOWING & TELLING” main_heading_color=”#2c3b81″ sub_heading_color=”#261433″ alignment=”left” main_heading_font_family=”font_family:Open Sans|font_call:Open+Sans|variant:600″ main_heading_style=”font-weight:600;” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:34px;” sub_heading_font_family=”font_family:Open Sans|font_call:Open+Sans|variant:600″ sub_heading_style=”font-weight:600;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:26px;”]

February 23, 6:00 – 8:00 pm GMT

Location: Zoom[/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”40805″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”right” style=”vc_box_circle”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1608128569676{padding-top: 60px !important;padding-bottom: 60px !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Probably, you were first told, ‘Show, don’t Tell’ – or maybe you know it’s nonsense, but not what to do instead: you just know that what writers mean by these two apparently simple terms has big implications for how effective your writing can be.

In this practical, interactive tutorial we will tease apart the bundle of meanings that each term carries, and explore how they work, and how you can use them better. We’ll look at how your decisions about showing and telling connect with thinking about psychic distance, narrators and voice, and share some examples from participants. We will also look at examples from published writing, and there will be plenty of time for questions.

By the end, you should have a better grasp of these crucial tools, and be equipped to decide for yourself when to show in your writing, and when to tell.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” full_height=”yes” equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1638233457939{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” gap=”3″][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][ultimate_spacer height=”60″][dt_icon_text layout=”layout_1″ dt_text_title=”Guest tutor:” dt_text_desc=”Author and writing coach Emma Darwin” dt_text_content_font_style=”normal:normal:none” dt_text_custom_content_color=”#000000″ show_btn=”n” icon_picker=”far fa-address-book” dt_text_icon_size=”22px” dt_text_icon_bg_size=”50px” dt_text_icon_border_radius=”0px” dt_text_icon_border_width=”1px” dt_text_icon_color=”#2b2681″ dt_icon_bg=”n” 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We are offering a free place on each of our online tutorials and Q & A sessions for UK based writers on low incomes and/or from under represented communities in publishing.

Writers may apply for a free place on one of the sessions by contacting BPA with a short bio and a summary of their writing career to date.

Please click here to Contact BPA with your application and in the case of writers on low incomes, proof of financial eligibility such as: Jobseeker’s Allowance; Disability Benefit; Income Support; Working Tax Credit; Child Tax Credit; Proof of being a full-time student; Housing benefit; Proof of being a full-time carer.

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This is a live session, but we understand that writers live busy lives and you may be away or something may crop up unexpectedly. For many of our sessions, there is the possibility of receiving a recording if you email us in advance explaining the situation.

Please note that the recordings aren’t professionally edited and may not be passed on under any circumstances. Copyright remains with the tutor.

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