Comments on: Physical Attribute Entry: Fingernails

By: Kelly Polark

Kelly Polark — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:33:32 +0000

Interesting post, and I do actually highlight fingernails in a scene in my mg. Fingernails can be important to preteens and teenage girls! I remember painting my nails twice a week in high school!

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By: Becca Puglisi

Becca Puglisi — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:01:50 +0000

This is awesome stuff. Fingernails can really tell a lot about a person, and yet I overlook them all the time in my writing. Thanks for this, Ange!

By: Angela Ackerman

Angela Ackerman — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:09:43 +0000

Thanks guys! Glad this one helps. I just finished watching Iron Man 2 again and I was continually draw to Mickey Rourke’s fingernails–they were thick and yellowed, yet his hands were always purposeful in each close up. It was a perfect way to show the balance between his environment and poverty and yet his determination for revenge.

By: Donna S. Fernandez

Donna S. Fernandez — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:45:45 +0000

I keep a binder of dialogue tags, describers, possible character names +++. I’m adding this great take on character description to it. Thanks a mint for pulling it together and sharing it. Best wishes for a successful writing new year.

By: Teresa Robeson

Teresa Robeson — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:34:58 +0000

I have never thought about the fingernails of characters when writing and I think I’m missing out on a nice detail. Thank you!

By: Traci Kenworth

Traci Kenworth — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 08:34:25 +0000

I love the details you two come up with!!

By: Angela Felsted

Angela Felsted — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 23:09:03 +0000

Nails are versatile, aren't they? People bite them when they're nervous, tap them when they're fidgety, paint them when they're relaxed.

They can be so short that the skin of the finger makes a hood over them if their owner is extremely compulsive. They might be well trimmed and short if their owner is a string player. They may be long and painted fancy colors. There are just so many ways to use nails. A fabulous detail to focus on!

By: Donna K. Weaver

Donna K. Weaver — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:20:32 +0000

So when are these going to be a book? 😉 Love the example with the nail. But ew!

By: Elizabeth Varadan aka Mrs. Seraphina

Elizabeth Varadan aka Mrs. Seraphina — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:54:56 +0000

Nice tips! I hadn’t really thought of fingernails as indicators, but they really do show a lot.

By: jennifermzeiger

jennifermzeiger — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:04:41 +0000

Somehow I overlooked how useful finger nails can be. Bad writer! Thanks for the tips=)

By: Southpaw

Southpaw — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 16:07:50 +0000

This is a good one!