Sell also: advantageous, allow, apt, capture, conquer, earmark, harmonious, pertinent, reserve, seize, suitable, suited
• Verb: give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; examples: "I will earmark this money for your research", "She sets aside time for meditation every day"
• Verb: take possession of by force, as after an invasion; examples: "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants", "The army seized the town", "The militia captured the castle"
• Adj: suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc; examples: "a book not appropriate for children", "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity", "it seems that an apology is appropriate"
• Adj: appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
• Adj: meant or adapted for an occasion or use; examples: "a tractor suitable (or fit) for heavy duty", "not an appropriate (or fit) time for flippancy"
• Adj: suitable and fitting; example: "the tailored clothes were harmonious with her military bearing"
• Adj: being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; examples: "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images", "an apt reply"
I think a story should take as long to tell as it is appropriate to that particular story.
There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions.
Learn to say "I don't know." If used when appropriate, it will be often.