{"type":"video","version":"1.0","html":"<iframe src=\"https://www.loom.com/embed/e294d2e9d0884532a6b97b711a2ae4d4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>","height":960,"width":1280,"provider_name":"Loom","provider_url":"https://www.loom.com","thumbnail_height":960,"thumbnail_width":1280,"thumbnail_url":"https://cdn.loom.com/sessions/thumbnails/e294d2e9d0884532a6b97b711a2ae4d4-7be5652dc6d959e4.gif","duration":1113,"title":"Show don't tell mini lecture","description":"One piece of writing advice that tends to hang up a lot of writers is the infamous “Show Don't Tell.” Unfortunately, it’s become so ubiquitous as to be little more than a cliché and thereby practically meaningless. And yet, it still haunts every writer that I talk to with the gnawing sense that they cannot “tell” anything. In this mini-lecture, I break down what the \"Show Don't Tell\" advice is intended to communicate, why it fails, and how I recommend writers to think instead."}