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Dramatic embodiment / "show, don't tell"

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Plain English: Let the reader experience an emotion or fact through action and concrete detail, rather than being told it. "She was furious" (telling) vs. the scene that makes you feel it (showing/embodiment).

In this project: A non-negotiable. Editorial pass: "is there a line that states what was already dramatised? Cut it."

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