Yes, Virginia, there IS such a thing as too much description.
Why?
Time, or the lack of same.
Attention spans, or the lack of same.
Kristen Lamb has summed this up perfectly in 3 Simple Ways to Improve Your Writing & Increase Sales.
Attention spans are shrinking. The average time spent on a website is roughly 3.5 minutes. Iโd wager most people give a website 3.5 seconds to catch their attention and that 3.5 minutes only applies to those browsers who happen to stay.
We can apply these business lessons to our writing, because we writers also have something to sell. Our job is far tougher because 1) discoverability is a nightmare 2) less than 8% of the literate population are devoted readers 3) the remaining 92% equate reading with homework and a chore. Thus, we have the task of convincing 92% of the population to spend timeโฆ
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