“Inexperienced fiction and creative nonfiction writers are often told to show, not tell - to write scenes, dramatize, cut exposition, cut summary - but it can be misguided advice. Good prose almost always requires both showing and telling, scenes and summary, the two basic components of creative prose” WritingTwoShowsFictionCreativeCuttingAdviceSceneProseNonfictionComponentsMisguidedSummaryCreative Nonfiction Book:Showing & Telling: Learn How to Show & When to Tell for Powerful & Balanced Writing Source: Showing & Telling: Learn How to Show & When to Tell for Powerful & Balanced Writing