I'm just not convinced that "show don't tell"

The opposite is usually true. I don't care how something happened, I just want to know how it happened.

writing by dumb rules is dumb and for genre fiction

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>>9346461
what are you saying

>i like infodumps because i am an imbecile that cant into subtly

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>>9346431
It isn't good advice. It's bullshit made up by MFAs that ignores centuries of good writing.

>>9346431
Why not just read only wikipedia summaries of books then?

>>9346431
it becomes art which is infinently superior to cultural literary works

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>>9346592
>ignores centuries of good writing
This is the part that really bothers me about the advice, how many writers actually write like the image? If I open up The Old Man and the Sea, Hemmingway is just going to straight up dump all the information I need so he can tell me the actual story.

>>9346677
What? The whole point of the Old Man and the Sea is the central metaph-am I being trolled again?

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>>9346461