From: noemailexists@example.com   
      
   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."   
   >   
      
   Has anyone here read "How Fiction Works"? The title is a bit self-explanatory,   
   but there was a chapter where it was noted that a good way to write a   
   character description is by creating a sentence or two that captures the   
   character's most important    
   qualities. An example given was something along the lines of "He walked with   
   the demeanor of a man who always first through a door." or something along   
   those lines. It doesn't overburden the reader with details, but also gives the   
   reader the cues needed    
   to imagine a character according to the reader's life experience. Don't know   
   if that resonates in any way with the conversation, but it seemed a relevant   
   point...   
      
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