: Re: Level of description in a story I have often come across stories where the author has described a particular scene or action of a character in minute details. e.g. If a character has to open

The trick is being able to tell enough of the details so that the reader can get an accurate picture of the scene, with few enough details so that they don't get bogged down, and not so little that they don't know what's going on.

It's a delicate balance. I find that treating it like "Bullet Time" in the Matrix helps me. If it's something that would normally be over in the blink of an eye, but I want to make it a big thing, I put it into Bullet Time in my mind's eye, and write it like that.

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