Aerolineas
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So my next story "Joe-Bob and Donny-Boy get a trans-itional de-briefing" should take place at the historic Wanker Hotel on Pennsatucky Avenue?
Irrelevant details vs the white room
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Probably, but IMHO any mention of Donny-Boy and any of his family and minions is a total erotic-mood breaker. One needs strong gag-reflex suppression. I suppose your story could fit in Erotic Horror.So my next story "Joe-Bob and Donny-Boy get a trans-itional de-briefing" should take place at the historic Wanker Hotel on Pennsatucky Avenue?
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I tend to forget the readers don't see what's in my mind. Just went back and re-read a working draft of a scene and my description is pretty minimal. I'm actually worse at this with characters than I am with scenes. It's a struggle to identify which characters are significant enough to merit the extra detail.
On the other hand, the opposite just kills me, as discussed earlier in this thread. The poster child for that behavior, in my opinion, isn't Stephen King, it's Anne Rice. Pages and pages describing the drapes and carpets (no innuendo intended). I enjoyed the Vampire Lestat, but her other works left me bogged down in excessive detail.
On the other hand, the opposite just kills me, as discussed earlier in this thread. The poster child for that behavior, in my opinion, isn't Stephen King, it's Anne Rice. Pages and pages describing the drapes and carpets (no innuendo intended). I enjoyed the Vampire Lestat, but her other works left me bogged down in excessive detail.
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