Comment by Ekaros
Makes me wonder is wrong question been asked. Shouldn't it first be why were curtains described in first place?
Makes me wonder is wrong question been asked. Shouldn't it first be why were curtains described in first place?
> 95% of those descriptions have nothing to do with anything that happens later in the book, other than hiding the one tiny detail that actually does become relevant
The foundation of the mystery novel.
Probably a better question, atleast for a wide variety of books. Some authors however are very into writing detailed descriptions of places because that's how their brains work and what their readers enjoy, but 95% of those descriptions have nothing to do with anything that happens later in the book, other than hiding the one tiny detail that actually does become relevant.
If 'why are the curtains blue' were consistently explained together with Chekhov's gun, then maybe we wouldn't be here having this discussion.