CONVERSATION: What Makes Hero Descriptions Work or Not Work for You?

Layla: I’m starting off this conversation about hero descriptions with one anecdote and two questions. The anecdote is about a book I recently picked up, Erin Satie’s Book of Love. Jennie did a fabulous review of it. I usually love Erin Satie’s books, but there was a description of the hero that just stopped me in my tracks. I could not continue reading the book! I started it and had a very visceral reaction which I have never had towards a hero— disgust. Even the opening description of what he ...