Opening this episode, Alaine and S. C. dig into the differences between writing a short story and a novel and how the process changes during the evolution of those stories (0:43). The writing tip involves varying the sentence length in your prose - why you do it and how it benefits your story (8:12). The authors then delve into this episode's Rules to Write by and examine one of the oldest rules in the book - show, don't tell except when you should (11:37). #2DP #ask2DP