Three quick examples of the classic writing advice Show Don’t Tell

Show and Tell (Photo credit: musgrave_archive)

I was having an email chat with a friend about the classic writing advice, to show, not tell, and I wrote up three super quick examples of it. And then I thought, heck, since I took the time to write them, maybe I ought to just share them here too in case anyone else might find them helpful. So here you go, here’s show don’t tell in action:

Tell: Karen was really pissed that she had to make dinner.

Show: Karen stormed over to the fridge and yanked i...