mystery kind of novel for over 4 years now and still haven't finished it. It all started out as a fanfiction but I decided

Your question confuses me a little. Outside of fantasy and science fiction - world building isn't really a thing. Writers appreciate writing but readers tend to have a preference for stories. Whilst reading readers will often consider: Why are you telling me this? Is this information important? Do I really need to know this? If they deem the information irrelevant that's when they begin to skip increasingly large chunks of text and eventually give up reading.

I'm not a fan of scene setting. My personal method I call NVN (Noun / Verb / Noun). Nothing should exist in a story until something (or somebody) interacts with it. (This method also prevents you from overusing the verb "to be": There is no window until somebody opens it. The character doesn't have long, shapely legs until she pulls her Levis on. etc . .

In a mystery or thriller superfluous information can be problematic as the reader is continually trying to resolve the plot before the denouement.

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