DiscoverEssential Guide to Writing a NovelEpisode 166- Showing our character's thoughts.
Episode 166- Showing our character's thoughts.

Episode 166- Showing our character's thoughts.

Update: 2025-05-23
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Two mistakes can ruin our presentation of what our character is thinking: telling rather than showing, and interior monologue.  Here are ways to present thoughts in a way that grabs the reader.  Also, how Octavia Butler worked.  And examples of wonderful character descriptions from masterful writers.  

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Episode 166- Showing our character's thoughts.

Episode 166- Showing our character's thoughts.

James Thayer