: Re: When is it okay to "tell", instead of "show"? One of the major mantras of writing fiction is "show, don't tell". Is it ever okay to tell? When?

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Show. Be sensual. Carry the reader through the scene. Most of what we experience is sensory, even how other people are feeling. Sights, smells, time of day, noises. And show, like foggyone pointed out, how the environment reflects or portends or extends the characters' or stories trajectory.

Tell. Narrate. Explain. Detai... yawn

And... a rule is a matter of practice and training, but not necessarily of execution.

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