‘Show, Don’t Tell’ Almost Ruined Me as a Writer

Re:‘Show, Don’t Tell’ Almost Ruined Me as a Writer by spats1990 on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @04:13AM (#21201111)

Chekhov (possibly apocryphal): "Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."

You can tell things. You just have to tell the right thing.

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Re:‘Show, Don’t Tell’ Almost Ruined Me as a Writer by TeMPOraL on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @06:32AM (#21201798)

I'd assume the "broken glass" is actually relevant to the story, so this way "show, don't tell" is actually the way to compress information.

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