Comments on: Physical Feature Entry: Stocky Build

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Physical Attribute Entries | Writers Helping Writers — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 23:56:47 +0000

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By: Melissa Sugar

Melissa Sugar — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 22:59:47 +0000

Another helpful and extremely useful post. I guess fate directed me to your blog today. I’ve been away from blogging and commenting lately as I’ve been devoting every spare minute to writing. I was stuck on the physical description of a character and I turned to your blog (like I always do when I need help describing anything), and was delighted to find your new(er) series of physical descriptions. Reading your blog always pulls me out of my writing slump. Thank you.

By: Susanne Drazic

Susanne Drazic — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:22:00 +0000

Great post.

By: Becca Puglisi

Becca Puglisi — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 01:42:33 +0000

Kessie, that’s true; I forget that tall people can be stocky, too, since we so often see this body type attributed to shorter people. Maybe we need more tall stocky types to shake up that cliché ;).

By: Angela Ackerman Becca Puglisi

Angela Ackerman Becca Puglisi — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 01:41:14 +0000

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By: Rosi

Rosi — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:00:28 +0000

Very helpful, as usual. Thanks for the post.

By: Angela Ackerman

Angela Ackerman — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:31:43 +0000

Haha, yes Leslie, I know what you mean.

By: Leslie S. Rose

Leslie S. Rose — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 02:30:45 +0000

Um, we prefer the term “solid.” 🙂

By: Kessie

Kessie — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 16:24:48 +0000

My main character’s looks are based on my husband, who is six feet tall and stocky. I always joke that he looks like a bouncer. But he’s an absolute sweetheart. It’s fun to work that into my MC. I do get so tired of reading about perfect men with perfect bodies. I’ve known men with great bodies, and they work out so much, they’ve all been somewhat narcissistic.

By: Jemi Fraser

Jemi Fraser — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 14:54:13 +0000

Great points! We do tend to idealize our main characters a lot of the time. Turning that around would be fun 🙂