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Q&A How do we end a description properly?

Sometimes, I have trouble coming up with a way to end a description properly, especially one that's at the very end of a chapter. What are some of the things you can do, especially when the descrip...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by blackbird‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Mark Baker‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:52:35Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/47756
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar blackbird‭ · 2019-12-08T12:52:35Z (almost 5 years ago)
Sometimes, I have trouble coming up with a way to end a description properly, especially one that's at the very end of a chapter. What are some of the things you can do, especially when the description just describes a set of actions taken by a character? Is there a way of doing this without going inside the head of the character and describing his psychological state or inner thoughts?

> He waved her goodbye, and then he sipped his cup of coffee while looking towards the window. When the elevator rang, he looked back at her with a smile to send her off.

I have no idea what you can do after that without describing his psychological state or inner thoughts. The character doesn't do any action and I don't want to describe his psychological state or inner thoughts, because the character is extremely unimportant to the story.

Two lines feels way too short, I am trying to add like 3-4 additional lines.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-09-02T03:44:54Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 1