>>32543193Well generally speaking you should ask, "What do I need to say?" Say only what you need to say and [then] dress it up, and don't over do it. Adjectives are a matter of "how much does this detail really matter," as much as adverbs are. If you need to use them it's because it's important first, fluffy second.
There is little to be gained from explaining over the course of 4 or 5 sentences that someone is alone in their room - unless this isolation is intended to set a very important scene or soliloquy or something, a single sentence or two of exposition is more than enough to communicate, "Thomas was alone."
I'd recommend trying to barebones explain an entire section of prose - say only what is absolutely necessary to understand the sequence of events, basically one step above bullet points, and then compare that naked paragraph to one you already have written. What you're aiming for is somewhere in-between, leaning one way or the other depending on your actual style, which based off what experience I do have with your writing is invariably going to lean towards more flowery, especially if I compare it to the often spartan descriptions I lean towards.
