User blog comment:Sprinklemist/New Story/@comment-1636990-20120110114645/@comment-1874924-20120111002327

People have different styles. Among the "big name" writers on this wiki, Sprink and I are probably the polar opposites.

Sprink, I've only read one of your stories, so I can't really speak to the question of whether you're doing enough "showing" or too much "telling". The difference, in simple terms, is that "telling" says what the situation is, whereas "showing" describes the situation and allows/requires the reader to infer the state of affairs. A simple illustrative example that I once gave to Shane is this:

Telling: "Joyce was sad."

Showing: "Joyce wept."

Another example comes from an old (Victorian Era) writing guide: "Saying that she was proud and defiant is not half so effective as saying that she tossed her head and stamped her foot."

I hope this helps.