: Russian novelist Anton Chekhov once said, “Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” This is essentially the difference between show and tell. Not

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Russian novelist Anton Chekhov once said, “Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”

This is essentially the difference between show and tell.

Not that there isn't a time and a place to use one or the other. For example, a fast paced scene (say a chase scene through a corridor) would be all tell ("he ran towards the lift and repeatedly slammed his hand on the button, willing it to arrive quickly", not "he vaulted between the long, cream coloured walls, like a gazelle attempting to escape a pride of lions)

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