Does the information and detail in your story move the plot along? If not your story is likely bloated.
The detail should be relevant to your characters and plot. Your readers don’t need or want two pages of description on what your characters are wearing and how the décor is cluttered groupings of antiques.
The readers don’t need to know the bus driver in your book is named George, that he’s married to Lois, and she is his first and only true love. None of that information moves your story along. He’s just the bus driver that takes your character from one side of the city to the other.
Slip vital information in throughout your story. You want to keep the pace flowing smoothly, don’t let it stagnate with large chunks of detail shoved in the beginning or middle of your story. Make sure the information you do include provides the readers with an idea of time and location, and furthers your character growth and the plot.
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