When I started writing, I tend to either lack description in scenes and lack conversations that make sense or put too much or unecessary detail.

There are those times when we so want our readers to understand something in our story that might have us dump all information in one scene and forget we have a whole story for that. And those times when we would forget to put something important when it's relevant that you should write it down, and fail to write it.

Now are there are scenes where there's too much or too little. Conversations and paragraphs that are dragging for too long and conversations that are better not writen at all because it's useless and irrelevant but people still write it..... Because they can.

But wouldn't it be better if you read a story where there isn't too much fillers or irrelevent conversations and descriptions that doesn't have much impact to the story?

Like getting to the point.

Let's take an example:

I have read a story where the main character found a dead body. It's first person POV so we know everything about what she's thinking. The writer was able to already describe what the character feels in that moment with a paragraph or two of 4-6 sentences if my memory serves me right.

But she continued to describe the terror the character felt in the next four or five more paragraphs? Perhaps to dwell more on the emotion but it didn't hook me into feeling her emotion like the scene is suppose to do, instead, it annoyed me.

I get it, she found a dead body. Now do something else before someone sees you.

(It went something like this.... It isn't exact but yeah)

'I stood there. Frozen. My body went numb and my feet grew cold until my hands began to actually shake. Who could have done this? Why her? My annoyance towards her that I once felt had dissipated at the sight of her lifeless body and only sadness and shock swirled within me.

I stared into her lifeless brown eyes that once brimmed of confidence........

(Bla bla bla)'

And then her emotions of dread was described again and then the character went to wonder about the once living now dead and then.... it just goes on for too long before something happened which should have already been mentioned five paragraphs ago.

I mean, you don't have to dedicate six long whole paragraphs in describing the terror and emotion and thought process of the character because it will only get annoying because I get it! She's terrified, now on with the next event. Plus, she wouldn't really be having those train of thoughts when she's too shocked to think of anything besides the dead body and probably calling for help.

Because that's what shock does. It often renders you just speechless and numb and you wouldn't be thinking straight or calm.

If you want to build the emotion of the moment for the readers to sympathize with your character, this is not the way to do it.

Conversations:

It's usually teen or young adult fiction or fanfics where we find issues about the flow of conversation or the content of the conversation itself.

I'm talking about the unecessary small talk just so you could show your characters interact when maybe they don't need to at the moment.

If it's not relevant for them to have those small talks or the everyday conversations, don't put them in. It can instantly make a boring scene. Go straight to the important stuff.

Don't do this:

"Hey! What's up?"

"Doing good, you?"

Or

"Hi"

"Hello"

"How's school?"

"It's fine"

Then they don't talk anymore.

If the small talks or everyday conversation are not needed or relevant, then don't put them. Also, don't beat around the bush too much or often so you won't disrupt the flow of the story.

So bottomline, don't put them in if they don't contribute to the story or if they don't have any impact to the characters or the plot itself. Many fillers and unnecesary dialogue, description, or scenes can slow down the story and then may bore the reader so make sure you edit and read your drafts.

Ask the questions:

-Do you need to really put that dialogue or scene? What for? Does it make sense to your plot?

-Is it too boring to read or needs more description or detail?

-Does it have relevance to the scene or story?

Hope this helped! ^-^

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