Quote Originally Posted by The Glyphstone View Post
Isn't his problem the exact opposite, then? Rather than forgetting it, he's taking 'show, don't tell' to an unreasonable extreme by showing everything in exacting bit-by-bit detail, even stuff that could be shown more concisely or just inferred.
I suppose you could view it that way, but what I meant is that he's only showing us these characters so that he can tell us every step of their plans and motivations. He could just be showing us what happens and let the reader infer the obvious stuff in between.