When I first entered this class I thought that description was useless and unnecessary. Okay, well not entirely unnecessary. But I did think that people over did it and went way overboard. Sometimes I still think that people go overboard. But I soon realized that it wasn't actually the description all the time, but the fact that I wasn't reading into the description well enough. I have been reading over my fellow work-shoppers stories and they do a fantastic job describing things. I realized soon after that it wasn't the authors of all the previous novels that I have read who were doing a poor job of writing, but it was me not reading well enough. I thought about all the wonderful descriptions I had missed in the past. I missed out on so many beautiful stories simply because I put a negative connotation with description. Now don't get me wrong there are a few books I have read where I am thinking, "why must there be so much?" However, there are many books that I can look back on as of right now and realize that I have missed crucial pieces to the story because I did not accept of the possibilities of description.
Description is key. It can be overdone. It can be underdone. But it needs to be done. The feelings that can come about from vivid description are worth more than a thousand simple play by plays of plot. Description is necessary. All parts of the story are necessary. When I have read in the past I have missed that, but now I realize what I have missed, and now I am able to look at reading and writing with a more vivid and enjoyable light.
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