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A companion question for How much description is necessary, how much description is too much? I close my eyes, I can visualise my MC's bedroom (for example) in tiniest detail: the accent wallpaper...
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2019-12-12T21:57:33Z (over 4 years ago)
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2019-12-08T10:46:33Z (over 4 years ago)
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A companion question for [How much description is necessary](https://writing.stackexchange.com/q/41813/14704), how much description is too much? I close my eyes, I can visualise my MC's bedroom (for example) in tiniest detail: the accent wallpaper, the collection of spaceship models, the view out of his window... Of course, a clutter of irrelevant details would quickly lose the reader. So every detail I mention ties to either who the character is, to a worldbuilding element, or to setting the particular scene. There is also the pacing to consider: if the scene is meant to be a breathless chase, there's hardly time to observe the scenery. But since we've started with a bedroom example, let's say the scene is a lazy Saturday morning, so there's leisure to notice details, and in fact going slowly over the view fits with the general peacefulness. Even so, how much description is just too much?
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2019-02-02T12:22:56Z (about 5 years ago)
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