So I got bored and started thinking about how much I despise when writers over-explain the setting in detail and how it just seemed like an easy cop-out to make the book/whatever longer. So I started wondering: How long could I detail a simple setting without being too repetitive?
I decided to try, and this is my challenge to you. Take your time, and detail the cliche'd setting of "It was a dark and stormy night." is as much excruciating detail as possible without repeating yourself.
Heres my submission:
Now you try. If you decide to do it, post that you are going to try and then when you're finished, either post again, or edit your post with spoiler tags around it. Thanks and have fun! Lets see who can go the longest
I decided to try, and this is my challenge to you. Take your time, and detail the cliche'd setting of "It was a dark and stormy night." is as much excruciating detail as possible without repeating yourself.
Heres my submission:
It was a dark and stormy night. The rain tattered against the gutter as lighting flashed and thunder clapped. The sky looked as though it was the embodiment of the epitome of darkness. As the lighting flashed it seemed to be overtaken by the darkness, no matter how bright, it was always dimmed by the pitch black of the night. The rain pounded against the roof and washed down the shingles, then poured off the side and onto the ground, adding to the precipitous cacophony. The thunder boomed loudly as if it had been conjured right beside your ear and felt as though it shook the world. The rain slammed constantly against the walls and rattled the windows with its sheer volume. The ground, drenched by the torrential downfall of water, had turned to deep puddles of mud, that sloshed underfoot as stray animals ran the streets looking for shelter.. The night reeked with the stench of polluted rain. The wind howled as it blew through the trees and against the house. The force of the wind had even some of the thicker trees bending to its dominating will. The storm raged with the ferocity of a starved, feral beast, finally let upon its prey, and it did not seem as though it would end any time soon.
Now you try. If you decide to do it, post that you are going to try and then when you're finished, either post again, or edit your post with spoiler tags around it. Thanks and have fun! Lets see who can go the longest