Describing Characters: How to Bring Story People to Life (Writing Description Book 2)

How Do You Write Vivid Descriptions of Characters? There are four skills that a fiction writer must learn: plotting a story, creating characters, writing dialogue, and writing description. The last of these is as important as the first three, but relatively little has been written about it. This is the second in a series of books designed to fill this gap, offering advice and inspiration for a writing description that allows your reader to see an image of the character in their mind's eye. Topics covered include: Should You Describe Your Character’s Appearance? Physical Appearance versus Personality: Why Physiognomy is (Probably) a Bad Thing Physical Diversity & Race The Psychology of Appearance - Beauty & Ugliness Body Image & How It Affects Personality Body Shapes & Height Face Shapes & Facial Features, including Nose & Mouth Shapes, Eyes & Eyebrows Hair, Hairstyles & Facial Hair Clothing & Fashion, including Parts of a Garment & Garment Types Hats, Shoes & Accessories Fabrics & Their Qualities What We Can Learn from Published Authors Look out for the other books in the series: Description Basics; Describing Setting; Describing Action, and Body Language & Expressions: A Writer's Guide to Non-Verbal Communication View Less