Showing versus Telling

You may not catch it while you write because you can see the scene happening in your head, but so many authors struggle with the ability to show and not tell. What exactly does that mean? Instead of explaining your character is angry, show how they are angry. He clenched his fists together, I gritted through my teeth, my cheeks heated are all examples of showing emotion and how it would look on a person rather than saying, I am mad, she is excited, or everyone was crushed by the news. Simply telling the emotion can leave your story somewhat boring. Readers don't want an info dump with everything explained. They want to feel what the characters feel. To discern the emotions or be able to read for themselves what is going on as if they were with your characters in the story and saw it for themselves. Here are some more examples of showing emotion.