In Descriptions I I talked about the two most common errors amateur authors make in describing characters and scenes. In short, those errors can be described as errors in quantity, and they fall pretty neatly into two categories: too little and too much. ~Hidden-Traveler (https://www.deviantart.com/hidden-traveler) reminded me of a trope that is often applied to the latter problem: Description Porn. It’s pretty good; a friend of mine would call it verbal masturbation. The words chosen are a little different, but the concepts are solid- basically, it amounts to using five words where one will do. Obviously, there are times when using a larger number or smaller number of w