A Character Description Crash Course, Courtesy Rex Stout

I've recently read comments to the effect of "don't describe your characters," and was a little shocked to discover that there are actually people that promote this kind of nonsense.

Of course, it's possible to overdo it, but nothing at all is a bridge too... close?

In the video above, I look at character descriptions from a variety of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe books, and try to glean some bits of wisdom from them.

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