Writing: Last on Showing and Telling

I promise no more posts on show, don't tell. Countercraft's Let Me Tell You About "Show Don't Tell" has the argument I feel most comfortable with because it just makes sense:

At least as I’ve ever heard it, “show don’t tell” is a rule of thumb for how information is best delivered to the reader. It’s not about what type of information to convey. Both memories and philosophies can be “told” or “shown.” The gist is that readers are typically more engaged with “scene”—characters moving, talking, feeling—rather than exposition. We tend to connect to characters and feel things more strongly when information is filtered through people....

Do read the full article.

 

4/26/22