Show, Don't Tell - But What Does That Really Mean?

[myfieldnotes]

I was thinking about how I've heard "Show, Don't Tell" as a mantra for writers over and over again, and yet it comes through as white noise somehow for me. What does SHOW mean? I know I'm supposed to do it. But how

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[mrwubbles]

Does anyone else have something they use like that?Props. I tend to use them as liberally as I use the word "that