Do you prefer more detail, or less detail when it comes to the environment in a story.

[Worthy39]

I know some people prefer the whole thing filled in for them to imagine, but I also know there are some readers I've met who prefer just the basic outline of the environment, and like to fill the rest in themselves. Which category do you fall in?

 

[BearlyAlive]

Just enough details to know what's going on. No need to describe the environment for paragraphs only to go "but that wasn't important since MC is going somewhere else". Unless you're writing meta narrative and and want to annoy the readers into commenting.

 

[TheNonexistentOne]

More details... Because.. nowadays moderate details count as more details

I know some people prefer the whole thing filled in for them to imagine, but I also know there are some readers I've met who prefer just the basic outline of the environment, and like to fill the rest in themselves. Which category do you fall in?

Somewhere In-between

 

[melcomely]

Well, it also depends on the pacing of your scene. A fight is less likely to require that detailed a description of the scenery than a stroll by the forest.

 

[Makimaam]

Depends. I treat the environment as a character. If I don’t need it, I leave it out. If it serves the plot or the narrative, I will go at length to write about it.

 

[Lysander_Works]

More detail is good. The problem most make with this advice however is i how it is incorporated. The info should expanse over time with plot and dialogue in a balanced manner, not to be info dumped in one big bracket. That's the hard part.

 

[ConansWitchBaby]

People really forgetting that imagination is supposed to carry.

 

[Liam07N09]

Mild details, overcrowding with words would only make the scene bland unless you can polish the flow