"Show, don't tell," is the hoariest piece of writing advice around, but I stick to it as much as I can ("sticktoitiveness" is a legit word, can you believe it?), and I think it's helped me a lot.
So just what is it you are supposed to show instead of tell? Everything.
Tell: He sat on a rickety chair.
Show: His chair wobbled and creaked.
Tell: Alice hated her husband Bob and wanted a divorce.
Show: "Fuck you, Bob." Alice twisted the gold band off her finger and hurled it out the window. "Fuck you!"
Tell: "What was that?" he asked nervously.
Show: He flinched. "What the hell was that?"
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