Think of Your Reader as the Smartest Friend You Have

By Dinty W. Moore

Storytelling is always a balancing act. How much description of people, places, lush hills, brilliant sunsets, memorable meals, is too much and how much is too little? Do we plot our life’s ups and downs into breathless cyclones of page-turning suspense or let our stories unfold more gently, more naturally? How much of our inner dialogue do we share?

The biggest challenge for many of us, though, is often determining how much do we explain? We don’t want to overwhelm ou...