BWFoster78
Myth Weaver
You could cut it all for a tighter book, but I don't think it would be a better book.
We disagree on this point. I'm not asking you to share my view, though, as much as I'm asking you to accept it as valid.
But one of the biggest complaints that story got was that there just wasn't enough detail.
I think you misunderstand "tight" (my understanding of it, anyway) if you feel that being tight is synonymous with lack of detail.
I don't care how tight your writing is. At some point, you'll need to make your world feel like more than just actors on a painted set.
I agree completely. You should be inside your character's heads and make their reactions real. I think we just disagree on what is necessary to achieve this goal.