Comments on: Physical Feature Entry: Skin

By: Cecilia Robert

Cecilia Robert — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:55:49 +0000

oh, thank you for this post. I have a set of characters/ paranormal creatures in my story and I was completely stuck on skin descriptions. btw, I hope this one comes out in book format soon. I bought the emotional thesaurus. Without it, I’m useless.. 😀 Thanks!

By: Alieen Stewart

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By: Stina Lindenblatt

Stina Lindenblatt — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:27:59 +0000

You’re going to have quite the thesaurus for me when I get to this point in my edits. 😀 Thanks ladies!

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By: Traci Kenworth

Traci Kenworth — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:26:47 +0000

Good one!!

By: Susan Flett Swiderski

Susan Flett Swiderski — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:41:36 +0000

Yours is one of the most unusual… and helpful… blogs in the whole darned blogosphere. I don’t comment often, but I wanted you to know your efforts are very much appreciated. (I LOVE your book, and sincerely hope you plan on coming out with a bunch more of ’em.)

By: jennifermzeiger

jennifermzeiger — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:57:10 +0000

Thanks for the post. As always, you continue to give me ideas of different ways to describe people. Very helpful.

By: Rosi

Rosi — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:21:20 +0000

Another great post. Thanks for this.

By: Wendy's Writing

Wendy's Writing — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 14:35:20 +0000

A great post, Becca. When writing short stories, it is hard to get the balance of description and action right – too much and your reader loses interest and too little and they cannot ‘see’ teh person in their imagination.

By: Jemi Fraser

Jemi Fraser — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:12:08 +0000

Love these! Skin isn’t something I always remember to describe! 🙂

By: Angela Ackerman

Angela Ackerman — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:00:11 +0000

@karoline, definitely you don’t want to over describe. Picking out a few details that help paint a picture is all that is needed, especially at first introduction. It is simply our suggestion that when a writer picks a few details, or later adds an extra bit of description to further that first initial image, that they do it in a way that doesn’t feel list like. If skin were one of the details a writer chose to focus on, then this entry gives ideas on how to make that aspect of physical description add to the movement and flow by being active, and by providing a characterization hint. For example, the quality of skin can tell us if a person is hard working (chapped, lined, scratched, etc) or lives a life of privledge (smooth, creamy, soft) all through our choice of adjectives. 🙂

By: Karoline Kingley

Karoline Kingley — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:48:03 +0000

Physical attributes can be a powerful reflection of not only emotion but personality. However, is it wrong to be so specific about a character’s looks to the extent that the reader can hardly imagine them?