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Q&A Is it a good idea to leave minor world details to the reader's imagination?

As a writer, I used to write short stories and poems. As a reader, fantasy is my favorite genre. And I am currently working on my first novel, an extraterrestrial fantasy thriller. When describing...

9 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Sangeetha‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by DPT‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:58:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Sangeetha‭ · 2019-12-08T12:58:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
As a writer, I used to write short stories and poems. As a reader, fantasy is my favorite genre. And I am currently working on my first novel, an extraterrestrial fantasy thriller.

When describing something, I used to add a comparison to something in my fantasy world. Eg:

- His purple eyes are glittering like THAJVA gems.
- Her beautiful nose looks just like GAIJAMU flowers.

And used to mention things like

- She listened to the music of LILLAHI birds, and it made her somewhat calm.
- the flower pot was filled with BETTORNIM flowers.

I didn't mention these things anywhere else in the novel. Didn't give the reader details about these lilllahi birds, Bettornim flowers, gaijamu flowers, etc.

- Is it a good idea to leave those things to the reader's imagination?

Should I add additional details about these things by-

- Describe it within the story?
- Adding References notes at the end?

English is not my mother tongue, and my story is not in English. Kindly forgive grammar mistakes.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-09-19T14:20:20Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 19