When Does “Show, Don’t Tell” Impede Your Writing?

As writers, how many times have we heard the advice “show, don’t tell?” What that means varies from writer to writer. When I was taught this mantra, I was instructed to paint readers a visual picture instead of simply saying “the barn was red.” Instead, I should write something like “the barn was the color […]

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