In every piece of writing, there are swaths that we tend to rush. Sometimes, because we are avoiding the feelings that go along with writing it. Sometimes, it might seem more succinct to just state it and move on (and brevity is extremely my jam so I see you but…). We deny our readers their deeper understanding of our work when we tell them rather than show them.
For example, “Our neighbor was a creep, and a major drunk” tells the reader about the neighbor, but to give the reader a description allows them a richer experience of your experience: “Our neighbor was in a lawn chair in the driveway by noon most Sundays, empty beer bottles lined up at his feet to the right, a bottle of rye on his left. He shouted and laughed as neighborhood kids passed on their bikes, but all the girls in the neighborhood dreaded passing his house and hearing his lewd comments.”
Big difference, right? It’s not wordiness for the sake of wordiness, but words that dig into the scene and let the readers understand rather then simply take your word for it.