Everyone craves good stories. We want to listen to good stories. We want to be captivated as the story unfolds. We also want to tell our stories in a way that intrigues, compels, and conveys thoughts and ideas clearly and powerfully. Writing a good story is much more than just recording our thoughts. A good story, one worth telling and listening to, must be crafted in such a way as to create a vivid picture in the reader’s mind. We call this “showing”.