Didn't read Paolini (not my genre) so I can't honestly say something about his settings.

BUT: your diabetics comparison is surprisingly fitting. I tend to info-dump because I have the respective place / scene before my inner eye in technicolor + all sensual impressions (blame Addie = ADHS). A "sugar-detail-shock" for sure.

The hardest thing is trimming the detail tree... while we're already at metaphors.

For tomorrow's contest entry, I'll most likely have MMC Vince take a walk through his temporary home, the Waldperlach-neighborhood of Munich (a very pretty place I knew well as a little girl as family lived there).

So what do I do for "balance"?

Bang it out in the morning in one sitting... and then pruning, pruning, pruning – up until 5:59 PM (11:59 AM WDC time).