sigh. i still have much to learn.
@herewaskendra me too, however I love prologues and I write them too. I notice Stephen King spend a few pages and then some more pages describing the other world or a specific scene I’m using King here b/c I just finish listening to Mr.Mercedes. I wouldn’t be hard on myself and you are an amazing writer- keep writing amazing words.
I’m guilty of overdescribing things. Flowery-language and excess exposition, are my Achilles heels. I admit it.
This actually is a very good, useful article for aspiring writers, though.
My rule of thumb is that if it interests you, the writer, then it’s going to interest at least some of your audience. If you feel like you need to spend two pages describing something because “that’s how it’s done” or you feel that the reader needs to be led by the hand, then don’t do it.
If you want to spend two pages on description because you want to explore the scene/person/event, then go for it!
The above are all valid criticisms of genre pieces, but they’re not absolute. Keep them in mind so you don’t fall into lazy writing (expo-dumping in the prologue for example), but, otherwise, you do you!
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