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It's also mostly a bullshit phrase that was invented by MFA schools because their idea of model writing style is modelled after Raymond Carver and because it's easy to teach and it only got popular on the internet because it allows midwits to have a quick and easy way to feel like they know what they're talking about AND it appeals to modern ADHD attention span deprived sensibilities that can't stand long paragraphs which by contrast were the norm during the Victorian era.
Picrel is the average user of "Show, don't tell" on the internet.