Rinzei
Troubadour
While we're having good fun ripping on "Show, Don't Tell" in another thread, I can see where your teacher was coming from. Which do you think is the more dynamic line?
Hm, that's a good point. It may be then that the advice wasn't bad, but wasn't properly explained? Because he did let out a frightening scream during his example - which lead the group of 12-year-olds to think they should show through dialogue, not through vivid description. Saying that, he was more of a drama teacher than literature, so he was inclined more towards that? I can only speculate.