T.S. Eliot's famous "objective correlative" theory— it's basically show don't tell.

Geege Schuman stashed this in Philosophy

Source: https://twitter.com/LitGenius/status/588...

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Geege Schuman
2:06 PM Apr 15 2015

So we don't have to visit Genius...

The proper use of "show don't tell" will evoke The Feels.

<p>So we don't have to visit Genius...</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://imgur.com/eynoF8H"><img src="//img.pandawhale.com/166502-TS-Eliot-Hamlet-objective-corr-os8E.png" alt="T.S. Eliot Hamlet objective correlative theory Imgur" /></a></p> <p>The proper use of "show don't tell" will evoke The Feels.</p>

Adam Rifkin
2:20 AM Apr 16 2015