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Q&A Should I describe my characters going to the toilet?

Should I let the narrator (third person) describe that my characters are going to the bathroom (for a sense of realism and accuracy) or should I simply omit it as it as it adds no value to the stor...

4 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Joel Okimoto‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T04:48:23Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/19831
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Joel Okimoto‭ · 2019-12-08T04:48:23Z (over 4 years ago)
Should I let the narrator (third person) describe that my characters are going to the bathroom (for a sense of realism and accuracy) or should I simply omit it as it as it adds no value to the storyline? I can imagine reading about characters going to the bathroom can get annoying for an audience, but at the same time it feels a little unnatural to write nothing about it.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-11-22T10:55:50Z (over 8 years ago)
Original score: 5