LORDY! LORDY! HOW I HATE THIS "SHOW, DON'T TELL." NONSENSE!
The aspiring author is constantly exhorted by those who purport to know best “ Show, don’t tell. ” Which is to say, for example, “Don’t say that X hates cats, but show him kicking one, when he goes out of the front door ” then the reader then gets the message. Yeah, well, that’s a good point: up to a point. I guess it seems like a sound rule, doesn’t it? Well, no, actually, when one starts to think about it, it doesn’t. It isn’t always and everywhere a sound rule for the simple reason that it... Sign in to see full entry.