Show,+Don't+Tell

The mama helps her babies. [|Kittens video]

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Bugs tricks the bad guys. media type="custom" key="5892745"

Lightning McQueen thinks he is so cool. media type="custom" key="5787551"

The squirrel is talented.

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 __**Revising Ideas to enhance your writing:**__

1. Take a "snapshot." Think of all the sensory things going on in the scene - use your five senses to reach out to your reader.

2. Make a 'thoughtshot." Add in the perspective of others, what was their thinking, observation, or reaction to the scene? Use this at the most dramatic part of the story.

3. Make an "action explosion." Slow down the most important aspect of the scene (climax) and stretch out the details into a slow motion explanation.