I was struck by the chilly language of the lot descriptions, and that they were very clinically describing things that had probably held much meaning to Capote.
It's funny because in that lyric there's lot of description of my life.
I would not recommend this book for people who do not care for nature, as there is a lot of description about flowers and trees and so on.
The customers he calls "Entrees" do not want a lot of description, just the bottom line on what the dish is and how much it is going to cost.
You don't have the benefit of all that lovely feeling that can be rendered in prose, it has to be revealed dramatically, and you don't have much time to set up scenes, so you have to be deft about it — people don't like reading wordy screenplays or a lot of description.
A few judicious questions and I had the lot: a description of the former fashion editor Amanda Harlech, at that time Galliano's muse; their wild exuberance about sealing the deal; and another outrageous story -- about how this driver had taken Nan Kempner round the couture shows and... (But then, I like Nan, so maybe I won't tell).
That's a lot of description.....flowery language, but last night in closing my eyes I felt as though I had received some lagniappe...a free gift, a little something special.
But there should still be a lot of description through the power of the dialogue.
In an actual story, you don't want to put in a lot of description, especially not at once.
When their characters start talking, you start to wish their words were in a book framed by lots of description.
