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Q&A Describing a Character Traveling: Too much narrative?

I agree with the other posts that if there is no story, there isn't much point in described the travel. But if you want to describe it, you should. A beautiful description is a beautiful descriptio...

posted 8y ago by Shevliaskovic‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:03:54Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Shevliaskovic‭ · 2019-12-08T05:03:54Z (over 4 years ago)
I agree with the other posts that if there is no story, there isn't much point in described the travel. _But_ if you want to describe it, you should. A beautiful description is a beautiful description. A couple short paragraphs well formed will be nice to the reader, even if that doesn't add much to the story. Haruki Murakami uses a lot of descriptions that aren't that essential to the story line, but they are so beautifully described that you don't care and it isn't a burden to read.

Just keep in mind that it will have to be interesting. A description like

> A tree on a hill and then another tree and some houses etc

will indeed seem boring and a burden to read.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-02-24T10:32:23Z (about 8 years ago)
Original score: 1