tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post6002930656956140878..comments2023-09-12T06:18:38.552-04:00Comments on The World in the Satin Bag: When is description too much?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-51893949042842288512009-07-05T13:14:10.161-04:002009-07-05T13:14:10.161-04:00writtenwyrdd: Yeah, I apparently have a problem w...writtenwyrdd: Yeah, I apparently have a problem with favoring description over other aspects of storytelling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-84932333993157376182009-07-05T08:16:10.976-04:002009-07-05T08:16:10.976-04:00Great thoughts. I love lots of description, but a...Great thoughts. I love lots of description, but as you note it needs to be description that serves the story. <br /><br />As a writer, I reread my beloved trunk novel (and keep meaning to fix it some day) and find how much in luuurv with extended and needless description I was. If I were designing sets for "Trunk Novel: The Movie" that would be great stuff; but as part of the book it's god awful!<br /><br />I particularly like "Reading your description sections makes you forget what the point of that section was."writtenwyrddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280711822302493122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-81776792307519600872009-07-04T20:37:05.347-04:002009-07-04T20:37:05.347-04:00That's my position, for sure. We don't ne...That's my position, for sure. We don't need 3-page discussion about grass :P.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-49537709691249153282009-07-04T20:16:59.799-04:002009-07-04T20:16:59.799-04:00I know when its too much description when it goes ...I know when its too much description when it goes on for three pages about a blade of grass (for example)SparklingBluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078183466560217480noreply@blogger.com