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[[Show, Don't Tell]] is the rule in storytelling, though books are able to get away with breaking that rule more than film and television can. That's because books have narration, which means that essentially anything that happens, the reader is being told about no matter what. When we're told in great detail what's happening in, say, an action scene, we're being "shown" the event. When we're simply told that the scene happened, we're being "told". In both cases, the scene is still indicated entirely with written narration.
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Consider the differences between the following.
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{{quote|"Some people are just stupid," Alice said, as she hung up her coat.
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