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Showing vs. TellingAs you can see, we learn the exact same facts in the second example as we do in the first. However, the second has the advantage of being far more interesting. Instead of being told what kind of person the cab driver is, the most important aspects of his character have been shown through his dialogue.




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Harlan Baxter, the man driving the cab, was astoundingly obnoxious. He kept calling me 'doll,' and prattled on and on about his days as a circus tightrope walker. I did my best to ignore him. My best wasn't good enough.
Showing:
     "So I come home," said the cab driver, despite my obvious lack of interest in his stories, "and I see my wife sitting on the kitchen counter with a rolling pin in her hands. She says to me, 'Harlan Avery Baxter, you drink far too much. If you don't sober up soon, you ain't gonna get a chance to sober up ever.' So what I did was I told her that me a
Conflict - Story 4, Chapter 5Mausoleum


     “We can’t just run forever!” Pura yelled.
     “Hell yes we can!”
     Sprinting faster than they ever had before, Campren and Pura blazed down the hall. More doors flew open as they passed them, unleashing even more beasts that joined the oncoming mob.
     “They don’t want me. They just want the girl.”
     It wouldn’t require much effort to kill Pura. All it would take was a simple shove: she’d fall to the ground and nature would take its course.
     "No! Shut up, brain! Gah!”
     His legs burned. Pura seemed to be holding up surpringly well, though. Every now and then she would glance up at his face, as if to check how tired he looked.
     “Don’t worry,” he told her,

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Quick fanart sketch to promote the Skullgirls Indiegogo campaign. If they raise enough money, they will include a fighter who is detective and also a saxophone. Get in on the awesomeness here: [link]
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~Roger-Dog Feb 28, 2013  Student Filmographer
SAX-DEKA HERE WE COME

Also AWESOME WORK by the way! You should totally apply to work on Big Band when they start their artist call out next week. [link]
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=TG-Garfieldo Mar 2, 2013  Student Digital Artist
I don't have any experience animating, but clean-up work sounds like a possibility! Thanks for the tip!
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~Roger-Dog Mar 5, 2013  Student Filmographer
Here ya go! They got the test(s) right on the page. [link]
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