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Location description - mood/settings - how much is allowed in a novel?
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Hi everyone. I am an under writer and always feel.. I'm short with words as I'm writing my 1st novel & I'm not sure about the rules..

Can anyone please suggest/ opine how many words are ok for location description, mood, tone in relation to character for each scene setting? This is because I don't want to bore the reader and it's always at the back of my mind. How effectively to merge location description with characters & authors voice/tone?

Thank you. Good day

EDIT: Dear Reddit people, thank you for your answers. I deeply appreciate. I joined Reddit out of curiosity and I think this is amazing platform. I wanted to check how this works and put a question. It may take a while to get to know this platform and writing hub is great.

Since I am writing my debut novel, I hope my question do not come up and look silly. Nevertheless, deeply appreciate your answers and from here onwards, I will be putting post with lots of responsibility. Hope to learn and also give opinions on discussion with the best of my abilities.

Thank you very muchπŸ™

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The only thing you can do is trust your best judgement

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I'm also an underwriter, started writing as a hobby a year ago and been trying to work a novel. If you like, you could DM me and we could look at each other's drafts

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Lol good luck, it can be pretty confusing at first

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