Stop Telling Beginner Writers to ‘Show, Don’t Tell’ Because It’s Nonsense
Learn how to use both narrative techniques to give readers a powerful, immersive experience
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7 min readMar 13, 2021
One of the worst pieces of writing advice you’ll ever hear is the admonition to ‘show, don’t tell’. Active descriptive writing — which is what most people mean by showing rather than…