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This is a difficult question to answer. In my mind, it depends upon your goals in writing the story. In technical terms (if one studies the craft books on writing), it depends upon the genre of the story. For example, if this romance is embedded within a thriller, you might want to reduce the level of imagery to a minimum; too much description may well get in the way of the rapid advancement of the plot. On the other hand, you might want to create a narrative masterpiece that captures in great detail the background against which the romance takes place. Gentile lovers living out a story of manners and culture. I can believe that you could find readers for both of these approaches, and many more, no doubt.

The best advice that I can give you is to envision who your ideal reader is. Once that you have done that, you have eliminated thousands if not millions of possible questions and answers. One you have done that, you can answer what would this ideal reader would want to read. Not an easy task, but one that will produce useful results.

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