The following post is an excerpt from Shaunta Grimes' Medium article "Writing Tip: How to Know When You’re Showing, Not Telling"
I chose the above picture for this post, because it’s so easy to illustrate the difference between showing and telling with it.
He was kissing her.
See that? I’m telling you — they were kissing. It’s already happened. It’s easy to tell this is telling, because it’s past tense.
Even in a present tense story, this would be past tense. (And therefore, easier to pick out as telling.)
He kissed her. (Or, in present tense: They kiss.)
Much more active. It’s happening now. Showing. In the past tense, it’s a little harder to tell because past tense is inherently telling something that already happened. It’s more about the immediacy of the action.
Read the full article here!
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