[quote=@Jig]
When writing, people have all the time in the world and as many words as they like to generate the most flowery, avidly attentive, beauteous description of a character and, worse, their clothes*. If they feel they're being tested on writing (which can be done in far better ways), they're even more likely to do this, to prove that they can write length and description.
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See, I think this sort of thing is healthy though. This is how you develop writing skills, by being put in a position where you have to write to get your ideas out. I might be overdone, but that's still a learning experience. You get better at cooking from burning a meal, not by ordering pizza. If you burn the meal, or overwrite the post, you can see where you messed up and you will know what not to do.