Answer:
In fiction, authors show—they communicate information indirectly through dialogue, characterization, a character’s observations, and an endless variety of infinite techniques that evoke emotional responses in the reader (and more importantly, that avoid exposition). Because the author has allowed the reader to interpret that characterization—to make it her own, rather than the author’s—it has more resonance.
Explanation:
Nonfiction can use the same techniques, as well as stories to illustrate key points: proof points, case studies, personal anecdotes or metaphors. Or, as in The Power of Now, they can be stories/metaphors that exist in our culture, like Christian or Buddhist parables. Stories allow a reader to make a connection in their own mind; they suggest rather than dictate.
