Show, Don't Tell

1. She was a big woman.
a. She was comparable to the giraffes at the zoo.
b. She could be the subject of the Charles Brown song "Big Legged Woman."
c. If the Sun was just right, her shadow could fill the entire room.

2. It was a scary neighborhood.
a. The street corners were littered with prostitutes who looked like meth addicts.
b. Every time there was a group of unseemly characters, I would cross the street to avoid possible confrontation.

3. The wreck happened quickly.
a. In a flash, what had been a car was now a mangled wreck with bodies strewn inside.
b. Pieces of a car landed in a ditch, the median, and four lanes of traffic.