PSA TO WRITERS
You can have a palatable piece of writing without it being minimalist.
In fact, your writing can even be amazing! Without cutting out every word some tumblr post or writing seminar told you to.
We make gut decisions during the first or second draft to describe things in certain ways, and sometimes those decisions are right! Even if they’re elaborate! Even if they’re “clunky”! Because someone out there is going to love how vivid that imagery was.
I’m tired of being told to cut my writing down to bare bones just to suit people who think fiction is supposed to be utilitarian. Fiction is for fun, for stretching your creativity, and if ya wanna throw in an extra descriptor, do it for Pete’s sake!