I just finished the edits my editor requested on Miner. Most of it turned out to be comments by her: Telling. Show me this.
So, I’m going to put up five sentences from books and have you tell me if they are telling or showing and if you think they are telling rewrite them to make them showing.
2) And his hair, Mimi thought disbelievingly staring up at him, was perfet.
3) He knew he'd botched it even before he heard her quiet intake of breath.
4) She shook off the fanciful feeling and straightened her shoulders.
5) Immediately, the smells of wild onions and animal tallow filled his head.