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The Door Into Your Story

Here’s something I’ve been noticing lately with my students: a lot of really good writers are getting lost in their own narrative. In other words, they’re telling their story – and beautifully! But they’re telling it, not showing it (that old cliché of show don’t tell). We, the readers, are removed emotionally from the story…