[quote=@Jig]This is an important part of writing well, but by no means the only aspect, nor to be exclusively used. Describing everything in laborious detail does not make you a good writer. In fact, I'd go so far as to say, describing [i]everything[/i] in laborious detail would probably make you a bad one.
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It is indeed, a very fine line. Some appreciate when it's crossed, some don't.