Character Appearance
Do you pay much attention to a character's appearance?
Confession: As a reader, I generally don't.
Perhaps this is because I rarely "see" the main character. When I read, I wriggle down into their skin and become them. So unless they're looking in a mirror, I don't give much thought to their eye color or face shape or hair color unless it's some intrinsic part of the plot of the book.
Consequently, since I don't care much about appearance as a reader, I don't spend too much time on the appearance of my own characters except when it is something one of my characters is focused on (for instance, in the case of one character analyzing another because they are attracted to that character, or trying to figure out their origins, etc). I guess to me, those kinds of things are secondary to personality. I do try to put in SOME descriptions for the sake of everyone who likes that kind of thing, though. :)
Just one of my quirks as both a reader and a writer.
Confession: As a reader, I generally don't.
Perhaps this is because I rarely "see" the main character. When I read, I wriggle down into their skin and become them. So unless they're looking in a mirror, I don't give much thought to their eye color or face shape or hair color unless it's some intrinsic part of the plot of the book.
Consequently, since I don't care much about appearance as a reader, I don't spend too much time on the appearance of my own characters except when it is something one of my characters is focused on (for instance, in the case of one character analyzing another because they are attracted to that character, or trying to figure out their origins, etc). I guess to me, those kinds of things are secondary to personality. I do try to put in SOME descriptions for the sake of everyone who likes that kind of thing, though. :)
Just one of my quirks as both a reader and a writer.
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I do pay attention to the descriptions, mainly because in my mind I see the story as a moving picture in my head. I usually fill in the characters with my own imagination until an author puts a description in.
By the way, I am half way through Weavers and am on the edge of my seat. Usually I can figure out what is going to happen by the first half of the book, but I still don't know what all the foreshadowing is leading to! Great job!