As for my opinion on the “good writing” debate.

I find minimalist writing absolutely fucking boring. And I don't mean people who can evoke things in a concise way. If you cannot capture my imagination I'm probably not going to want to be your writing partner. This is not to say I'm not adaptable as I've written with various writers across most of the major sections of this website. [@Dervish] and [@Hexaflexagon] are in my opinion some of the finest writers on the website so much that I will read any RP they take part in even if I myself am not personally a player in said roleplays. Their writing is descriptive, lengthy, imaginative, and provocative. Every sentence has a purpose and there is nothing I can say that can be defined as purple prose - though I do largely hate the term and its usage on this website.

Why do I hate it? Mostly because people who often utter the words purple prose have no idea what they are talking about and appear [to me] to be trying to find a way to shallowly criticize descriptive writing. There is a great arrogance in thinking a description to be superfluous and without need. But I do tend to agree with people who criticize those writers who try to block their paragraphs together to appear more descriptive, monologue about rocks rather than provoking any interesting introspective or interactive action. That's when purple prose and objective criticism is necessary. I would like to point out that I see the former more often in casual rather than advanced. Though I would go on to say people who excessively use indents give me much more of a headache. Both are carnal role-playing sins in my book.

We are all writers influenced by different authors and sources. We should take that into account before jumping to conclusions on “overly verbose writing is bad” or “minimalism is devoid of talent”.