: Re: Writing techniques or exercises to improve ability to show rather than tell? Does anyone have any effective writing techniques or exercises that you use to help you focus more on showing the

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One approach that I use is to write like a scientist. Rather than draw conclusions, scientists are trained to record their observations--for instance, a list of temperatures measured at 1-minute intervals during an experiment, rather than simply writing "Nuclear fusion was achieved!"
So in fiction, you might say, "Small droplets of sweat appeared on Sumi's brow, and she propped the window open with a shoe." (showing) rather than, "The day was a sizzler." (telling)

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