"Don't tell me the moon is shining;
show me the glint of light on broken glass." Anton Chekhov (doctor and writer)
I love this quote for two reasons.
One, it's so glorious! It's
exactly what I like so much
about writing and reading, that
the right words engulf your
brain with a delicious wash of
images and make
you see what they're describing.
And two, because
Chekhov says the classic "show; don't
tell" so well, because as he's telling you to show, he's showing you how.
How clever!
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