If You're Bored Writing a Scene...

...does that mean that the scene itself is boring?

Exposition, to me, is the least interesting thing to write. Mentally, I refer to it as "cleanup". Sometimes it has to be done, whether I feel like doing it or not. 

I get that for novels, unlike screenplays, in order for a reader to become immersed in a story there needs to be grounding. They need to be able to place themselves inside a scene. Maybe because my scenes play out inside my head, I forget that readers won't be in there, too. I "see" the scene with its surrounding elements ~ the landscape, the weather, the exterior of a building, even the smells ~ and in my clueless way I forget that these things actually need to be written out. 

When I finally do remember, I don't do it well. At an earlier point in my manuscript, the main character had set out on the road from Wyoming, driving all the way back to Nashville. I needed to at least mention her drive, but I couldn't think of much to say about it. I nailed the sensation of becoming hypnotized by the road and the barrenness of interstate highway travel, I mentioned that the MC turned the radio up loud in order to stay awake; but what else about that drive was interesting enough to note? It's not as if she stopped and picked up a hitchhiker. This was meant to be a pretty short scene, a connector, if you will, but keeping with my contention that every scene should exist for a reason, the least I could do was add a bit of color to it. Except it turned out pretty colorless. 

Yep, exposition is my downfall. When I finally get to the editing stage, adding description is going to be boring as hell, but it'll need to be done.

I just hope readers won't be as bored reading it as I am writing it.