There is a sacred cow in the world of writing, and, when we are not milking it and taking it for granted, we refer to this holy bovine as "Show don't tell." If we did not worship this cow, but rather went and got milk from it when we wanted to, it would be a beautiful and useful cow. To say, "It was cold outside," is frequently not as good as, "Jerry went and got his thick goosedown...
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