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Re:‘Show, Don’t Tell’ Almost Ruined Me as a Writer by oska on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @09:32AM (#21192075)
Agree. Indeed it reads like a parody of (self-obsessed & pretentious) bad writing.
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Re:‘Show, Don’t Tell’ Almost Ruined Me as a Writer by Accujack on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @10:32AM (#21192727)
Agreed.

I think the problem is likely that neither this teacher nor any students really understand what "show, don't tell" means, and tend to overuse it when they think they do.

That's just a guess, though. This article is a pretentious mess.

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