theliteraryarchitect:

Ninety-nine times out of a
hundred, we don’t need to know that someone crossed the room, reached
for a coffee cup, turned sideways, took a step forward, or glanced to
the left.

Visual writers have an especially hard time with this
(writers who “see” their story in their head, and write down the images
blow-for-blow, as though narrating a movie).

There’s nothing wrong with
this writing process, of course. Just know that you’ll be more prone
to adding excessive, pointless movements to your story. Then, when
revising, ask yourself if they are important to the story (sometimes, it
*is* important that someone took a step forward!) and take out the ones
that aren’t. Or, better yet, delete them *all,* then put back only the
ones that have left holes in their absence. More on this soon!