DROWNING IN DESCRIPTION

Descriptions are like seasonings for food -- too much and too little both ruin the dish. And the same can be said of literature; the wrong amount of description (character, settings, etc.) can completely alienate your readers.

I finished Bill Bryson's The Road to Little Dribbling not that long ago. For an average-sized book, it was certainly a little bit of a slough to finish, but I did. And I was trying to think of the reason I had a tough time getting engaged in this one. Even in books I don...