When It comes to word-count, showing rather than telling only takes you so far. Rather than telling, by summing up what someone said in a conversation, you could show, by including the actual dialog, reactions, descriptions of facial expressions, etc. This will add a few sentences here and there. But too much description would be tedious and boring (such as your MC explaining the same issue repeatedly). To expand the text greatly would require additional content. Suppose your MC is walking down a street and passes a police officer. You could tell the reader how he/she feels, or show by describing his/her reaction in detail. In this way you'll add a sentence or two to the text. But if you include an anecdote, the story of your MC's previous run-in with the law, and maybe flesh out one of the other characters as you do that, you can add a page or two. 'Show' and 'Tell' are not the only options. Consider 'Story' as a third. "Why is this door so heavy?" asked John. "Well," said David, "When I doing the renovations to this house . . . "
