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Fighting to Be Blonde: Making character description more interesting
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Jul 24, 2015 05:54AM
Your readers need to have some idea what your characters look like, so how do you tell them without boring them? Click the link for tips!
http://www.inkdeepediting.com/#!Fight...
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Jul 24, 2015 11:31AM
Good post, Erica. I would be inclined to add a suggestion that authors refrain from describing people of color using food/flavor/wood/stone stereotypes (caramel, mocha, milk chocolate, mahogany, alabaster, pearl,ebony, etc.).
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Jul 24, 2015 01:32PM
Good point, Emme. Thanks for the advice!
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