August 3rd, 2012, 10:44
Personally, I've had very, very bad experiences with a too descriptive language with the fantasy books expanding George Lucas' "Willow" universe/story. Chris Claremont expanded story which could have fit into let's say 50 pages into a 500 pages book.
Horrible.
Since then I'm staying far away from this kinds of books.
(And desperately try not to write in the same style, either. Thank Go a good friend of mine who is also an author says that I have a knack for situations, rather than descriptive language.)
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“ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.“ (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)