...time out

i got some important stuff i just gotta do so im not gonna do a post for a a little while. but for sure im still gonna come round to your blogs as much as i could cause i could miss you too much if i didnt. i promise im gonna be back doing a post just as soon as i could. im gonna miss you for sure.


…lots of love and big hugs from lenny

...show and tell

did you ever do show and tell at school when you were just a little kid? you know… take something to school and show it to the class and tell about it. did you know good writing has show and tell and if you got a balance of show and tell it makes your story move and groove. wow! how cool is that!

so whats the diff?

telling is just that. its telling the reader whats happening. its a summary of the action and it doesnt describe stuff or do dialogue or thoughts or feelings or sensations. it gets the story moving pretty fast. but…too much telling could make it move just way too fast and then it could end up with the “B” word…B-O-R-I-N-G! ack!.

showing has lots of details for important things that happen. it has dialogue and characters thoughts and feelings and sensations. it slows the story way down. but…too much showing could make it move too slow and that ends up with you know what. yep! that’s right! its the “B” word! ack!

a good writer has both show and tell in a story so that it moves at a good readable pace. how could you know how to balance it out? miss gail carson levine in writing magic creating stories that fly says…

“In general, you want to put in details that reveal character, or move the story along, or establish the setting or the atmosphere. The best details do more than one at the same time. Usually, when we write, we mix showing and telling together. We tell a little here, show a little there. Often the two are so closely entwined that you can hardly separate them.”

i learned from my writers books and from first impressions that miss dianne salerni does on her blog mostly i been telling and not showing when im writing. so now i gotta go back and edit a lot of stuff so i could have a balance of show and tell.

what about you? do you mostly show or mostly tell or do you have a good balance between show and tell?

…hugs from lenny

...blogiversary!

WOWEEEE!! guess whos got a 1 year blogiversary???? lenny lee!!!! hey thats ME!!!!!! could you believe i been blogging for over a whole year. yikes i gotta catch my breath on that for sure! my for real blogiversary was on march 31st. i forgot it. ack!

even if its a little late i just wanna say thanks to all my blogger friends for coming round and visiting me and reading my posts doing real nice comments. i didnt never think i could get not even one follower and wow now i almost got 200 cool friends!

one of the best things for me in this last year is how much i been learning on being a good writer. theres soooo much i didnt ever know and now i got bunches of stuff im using to make my stories way better. i got recommened some good writer books and i got lots of stuff that could help me get better. one of the best surprises was getting asked to be a critique partner and now i got the best cp ever. :)

the best blogging thing of all for me is all the really neat friends i got and their from all over the whole world. WOW! how cool is that!

now im saying a BIG THANKS to you. thanks for reading my posts and doing cool comments. thanks for teaching me stuff to be a better writer. thanks for the books and arcs and cards and presents and stuff that got a smile on my face. thanks for caring bout me and for all the blog love you gave me.

thanks for being my friend!

…big hugs from lenny