The Dark and Darkness ( capitalization for emphasis) is a great way to SHOW ( not tell) a character's intent, setting, genre, conflicts, morality, ignorance and more. It's a great plot device too that can add tension and create a foreboding atmosphere in an otherwise benign event or scene.

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Knives are a great way to show or reveal character, mood, culture, setting, and intent. Knives are powerful and iconic symbols of power, violence, and conflict. Yet they can be so much more than that. Are you using the knives in your novel to enhance your plot and characters?

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There are many ways to tell a story and even more ways to write the scenes and sentences within. An ordinary sentence may move the plot forward, but a masterful sentence or scene does so much more! A purpose-driven scene enhances mood, tone, characterization, conflict, plot, theme, and emotion. 

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 Mirrors are symbolic of vanity, truth clarity, illumination, distortion, and a reflection of one's soul. All of these can help you SHOW emotion, characterization, conflict, setting, worldview, and plot.   

Things to be considered if there's a mirror in your story: 

How does the character look into the mirror ( gaze, ponder, glance, stare, grimace, etc ) How is the mirror framed? 

Gilded, modern, minimalist, industrial, chipped?

 Is the glass ancient, new, distorted, clean, fogged, dirty? 

How big or small is the mirror? 

What else is reflected in the mirror? 

What is not reflected in the mirror?  

ALL these things can—if you chose—SHOW the character’s personality, emotion, setting, conflict, worldview, and more! Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the showiest of them all?

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Books can mean so much more than just be symbolic for learning and knowledge. They can show emotion, conflict, setting, characterization. They can foreshadow too. It's all in what and how you use the book(s) in your story. Any detail that you include about the book can make your writing more purposeful and add nuance to your characters and story. 

 Books and all their little details can SHOW emotion, personality,  world views, societal views, without TELLING. And readers are smart-- they pick up on those clues instinctually.  

What's the title of the book in your story? How is the title important to the plot, character, and conflict?  Is the book old or new or ancient? Honestly, who doesn't love ancient wisdom?  Why exactly is the book forbidden? Or hidden? Or locked away? Or forgotten?  What does it really say about the characters or the setting or society? Is the book well-loved, dog-eared? Or is it in pristine condition? What extra clues do you want to give your readers by including a book in your plot? 

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Gray is a color that can show emotion, setting, and personality, and the adjectives used to describe the color have feelings and images attached to them. Using a color, like gray, can add nuance and enrich your writing, no matter what you're describing.

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White is a color that can show emotion, setting, and personality, and the adjectives used to describe the color have feelings and images attached to them. Using a color, like white can add nuance and enrich your writing, no matter what you're describing.

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 Black is a powerful and far-reaching color for showing emotion and personality, and color descriptors have feelings and images attached to them. Using a color, like black, can add nuance and enrich your writing, no matter what you're describing.  ⭐️ PART OF MY SHOW DON'T TELL SERIES ⭐️

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The color yellow and all its many shades can enrich scenes, reveal character, and emotions because color and specific color descriptors give readers all the feels. Or maybe just a clue. It's up to you, the writer.  Colors come with a feeling; choose with care.

The color blue and all its many shades can enrich scenes and reveal character and emotions because color and specific color descriptors can give readers all the feels. Or maybe just a clue. It's up to you, the writer.  Colors come with a feeling; choose with care.  

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Use color and color descriptors to show  or amplify emotion, characterization, conflict, and theme with today's color, green.  

Green is fertility and nature. 

Green is youth and inexperience.

 Green is envy and jealousy. 

Green is nature. 

Green is soothing and inviting. There's nothing scary about green. 

Green eyes are associated with magic and the power to enchant. 

There are many precious and semi precious stones, each with their own symbolic meanings. 

Things to keep in mind:

 1. Make it fit the culture, time period, setting, mood, and POV.

 2. HOW specific do your need to be and WHY? Otherwise it's pointless and annoying.