User blog comment:Chelsea.adams.524/Stuff Happening Is NOT A Story/@comment-9780519-20140426020522/@comment-1631480-20140426043027

I do agree with you on some of your points. It's good to explain what's happening (smell, sight, feel, noises, thoughts, overall asmophere, etc) as this makes for a more engading story. But sometimes, you need to leave some details out to create a more unique appeal to each individual reader. Depending on your story and genre, you don't need to explain every little detail (some books do, though. It's not necessarily a bad thing, just really depends.). Leaving a few key details out can improve writing, it just requires thought.

The OP did raise some good points, though.