Write Character Descriptions Like A Pro Even If You’re A Beginner

There are serious pitfalls in adhereing only to “show don’t tell” when it comes to character descriptions because there’s so much more you can do than simply catalogue a character’s appearance. The goal with any character description should be to paint a word picture for readers, but more than that — what can the description show us about the character doing the describing?

Avoid Cataloguing Common-To-All Features

If you meet someone and they have no lips, for instance, that would definitely...