Wright's Writing Corner — Show, Don't Tell

This week’s Wright’s Writing Corner has some sage advice by David Marcoe –

Show, don’t tell. Yes, oldest advice in the world, but one so often forgotten it helps to list it first. Often, in stories called “dense” or “philosophical,” characters will begin speaking more than acting, stopping to chide, declare or preach, often for an extended periods. The writer has so much to *say* and the simplest way is to put it in the character’s mouths.

The first and simplest mistake is that...