User blog comment:Jyggalag Daedric Prince of Order/Drag me to Purgatory/@comment-25358468-20130415192100

"Show, don't tell  is a technique often employed by writers to enable the reader to experience the story through action, words, thoughts, senses, and feelings rather than through the author's exposition, summarization, and description. The goal is not to drown the reader in heavy-handed adjectives, but rather to allow readers to experience the author's ideas by interpreting significant, well-chosen details in the text. The technique applies equally to fiction and non-fiction."

Taken from Wikipedia. Don't lie and tell me you're a writer.