Showing, Not Telling Your Story

There was a girl named Katniss who took part in a contest where there was only one survivor.  The end.

Um, what?????????????????????????

     That's an extreme example of summary to describe what goes on in The Hunger Games.  Now, that's something that we want to avoid and get rid of in our storytelling.  To do that, we need to show, describe, and explain.
     In my first scene, we find Bill asking his son about the forged signature and see Bill pushing Rob down to his bed.  This is a summary.  Let's make it better:
     "So, Rob, guess who I got a call from today?  Yeah, that teacher of yours...Mr. Royce?  He tells me that you failed your Math test.  The funny thing?  I guess I had signed the test?  What do you have to say for yourself?"
     Rob flushed with fear and stuttered, "I...um...I...I don't know.  I..."
     "What?!?" his dad yelled.  "Are you serious?  You're lying to me?"  He got closer to Rob and stuck his face only inches away from his son's face...

Do you see how I began to show what was going on in the story and paint a clear picture for my reader?  You need to make sure that you paint beautiful pictures for your audience.

Mr. D.