Like the earlier challenges, the letter "X" did not want to cooperate. So, extra is changed to phonetic spelling to make it qualify.
A common error when creating a setting, especially a fantasy world, is to include too much detail. While the world's creator needs to know everything about the world they are building,the reader doesn't. Too much detail and the reader can zone out, leaving an otherwise good tale unfinished.
Description is about drawing the reader in and making them live the story with you.Too much detail strips the reader of bringing their own experience to the story. Having to stop for a history lesson, even one featuring intriguing characters, can throw readers out of the fiction.
On the other side of the pendulum, the extra details can help transport the reader out of their daily life to a place not only of the author's imagination, but also that of the reader.
If the time of year is important, a single detail can set the scene. The warmth of the rock the character is sitting on and the smell of the ripe orange fruit he reached up and picks pulls the reader in. Later in the season few fruits remain on the branches making the search for food harder. Too early and most of the fruit is green awaiting the summer heat to ripen them.
A lengthy twelve-paragraph description of the fruit's various shades of color and how to make a fermented drink is made exceeds what the reader needs to know.
Unless the character is actually making the brew. Even then not every step is needed to be included in the story.
To make following my posts in the challenge easier, you can find all my posts at 2022 AtoZ Connections. Just remember, the next day's post isn't live until midnight.
~till next time, Helen
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