Mark Starlin
1 min readJul 9, 2018

I tend to be minimal in setting description. I explain the setting only as much as necessary. If the setting is a pub in England, and I write “they entered a pub and sat at the bar” I don’t feel I need to describe every detail of the pub, unless it is important to the story (otherwise it feels like filler.) Most people have an idea of what a pub is like. I let them create the pub in their mind the way they envision it not the way I do.

I get usually bored reading long descriptions of settings unless they are important to the story. But I realize some people love details. Personal preference, I guess.

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