Massimo Marino's Blog: The Ramblings and the Rumblings - Posts Tagged "technique"
Characters descriptions...
Often while writing Daimones I stopped trying to answer a question that kept bugging me: How much is too much when describing the characters.
I now found the answer while reading an author I like. He goes saying that he is "not particularly keen on writing which exhaustively describes the physical characteristics of the people in the story and what they are wearing".
He adds: "I can't remember many cases where I felt I had to describe what the people in a story of mine looked like—I'd rather let the reader supply the faces, the builds, and the clothing as well.
Concludes with: "So spare me, if you please, the hero's sharply intelligent blue eyesand outthrust determined chin; likewise the heroine's arrogant cheekbones. This sort of thing is bad technique and lazy writing, the equivalent of all those tiresome adverbs.
I can relate...
I now found the answer while reading an author I like. He goes saying that he is "not particularly keen on writing which exhaustively describes the physical characteristics of the people in the story and what they are wearing".
He adds: "I can't remember many cases where I felt I had to describe what the people in a story of mine looked like—I'd rather let the reader supply the faces, the builds, and the clothing as well.
Concludes with: "So spare me, if you please, the hero's sharply intelligent blue eyesand outthrust determined chin; likewise the heroine's arrogant cheekbones. This sort of thing is bad technique and lazy writing, the equivalent of all those tiresome adverbs.
I can relate...
