From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 2/26/19 12:27 PM, Matthew Graybosch wrote:   
   > On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:07:57 -0500   
   > Capuchin  wrote:   
   >   
   >> My preferred method is no physical descriptions. It always backfires.   
   >> If I try to make a character sexy by saying she's a tall, well-endowed   
   >> blonde, the readers will all have a fetish for bald dwarves with   
   >> boyish figures.   
   >   
   > I've found that the more specific one gets about a character's physical   
   > appearance, the harder it gets for readers to identify with them. But   
   > you can't please everybody, and all you can really do about it is   
   > allude to "Death of the Author" and say, "This was how *I* saw the   
   > character."   
   >   
      
      
   	I describe them because people actually have bodies and they look a   
   certain way, unless they're Organians or Arisians or something like   
   that, so I know what they look like and it's important for me to keep   
   that in mind. Their appearance affects how people react; you don't   
   respond the same to a 4'1" lavender haired boy that you do to a 6'6"   
   woman in fancy plate armor with a gigantic sword.   
      
      
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