Filling in the blanks

‘Show, not tell’ is probably the best tip you can give anyone who wants to write; and the most difficult thing to achieve.

‘Show, not tell’ is probably the best tip you can give anyone who wants to write; and the most difficult thing to achieve. It’s so tempting to stuff everything in, to give away all the evidence too soon or describe every last detail down to the colour of the gunman’s eyes, just to make sure that your readers have followed the plot.