The document provides guidance on writing techniques for showing versus telling in a story. It recommends showing actions, incidents, plot points, dialogue and character behaviors rather than explaining backstory, internal thoughts, or long time frames. It also suggests allowing readers to gradually build a picture of the story by filling in some gaps. An example contrasts telling that "John was frightened" with showing John unable to free his boots from the mud as his captain orders the boys over the trench in the war.