Show Don’t Tell
You may have had college professors preach to you to “show, don’t tell.” The ironic thing about that statement is that it contradicts itself.
Take the video I’ve embedded below, for instance. In the video, a blind homeless man is begging for change. A young woman comes by and changes what he has written on his sign–and in response, many more people begin to give to him. Now watch the video (I’ll wait) and I think you’ll see it’s about a lot more than that.
Originally an ad for a web marketing company, the piece is about how much words matter and about creating a shared experience.
Being a Better Reader Makes You a Better Writer
Telling you what the video was about didn’t accomplish the same ends as you watching it; telling you how to be a better writer doesn’t achieve the same ends as you learning yourself.
There are many ways to learn to be a better writer–you can work to improve your grammar, you can improve by practicing (the more you write the better that writing is likely to be)… or you can learn by reading. Continue reading…