Are You Writing Serious Fantasy?

[Morquesse]

I think I like to do dialogue the most. For me, it's easy to do, and it can be interesting. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

originaly by Maikedilwen
I sometimes have trouble describing things properly. I want to describe things so I'm sure the reader will "see" the place, person etc., but then, I'm a bit afraid of being too describing in my writing, something I think Tolkien overdid a few times. He could use half a page to describe a tree. OK, not exactly true, but you know what I mean, right? If you overdo it, it tends to get boring, and then some ppl will skip through the text and perhaps miss something of importance. I think it can be difficult to find the line. How do you know when it's enough or too much? I mean, I've SEEN the places I write about (in dreams) and I want my reader to see them as well, not to skip pages because my describtions are too thouroughly.

I haven't done very many, but I would think that you should do some describtions, but not so many that it does not leave room for imagination.
Just a thought,
~M

[ May 10, 2002: Message edited by: Morquesse ]