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Sep 13, 2021 22 tweets 4 min read
Firstly, writing “rules” need to be rebranded as “advice.” advice you can choose to accept or ignore. Second, instead of “showing is good, telling is bad” it would be more useful for authors to know when to show and when to tell.

A thread: 🧵 Let's define showing and telling first.

In very simple terms, showing allows readers to experience the story along with your characters rather than observing them. Telling summarizes and instead of allowing the reader to form their own decisions.