Hey everyone, so I am working on writing a book and I was wondering if anyone has any good ideas of how I should explain how my main characters look. I’m already working on the third page so it may be a little bit late to explain what they look like but I really wanna explain what they look like.
(Yall the book is in first person but I’m planning on having both of the main characters perspective)
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I think it depends on a few things. Is your book in the main characters point of view? Is there going to be a secondary point of view? Is it in third person?
You could say the main character brushed or done something else to their blank color hair or have another character make a comment about their looks like you got your blank color eyes from your parent. You could also say blank color hair and blank color eyes run in the family.
If the main character doesn’t know a parent they could wonder where they got their hair color or eye color from.
A book I read once had the main character looking in a mirror as a way of explaining their looks.
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I recommend using a lot of more implied characteristics if you’re targeting a more mature audience. To be honest, it’s really dependent on a lot of things about the plot, which characters, etc. I would definitely recommend avoiding the whole “plop an autobiography down and call it a day” technique.
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I’m not a writer, I actually hate writing -_-’ but as a reader yeah, describing how they look by random comments and remarks along the story is noice :3 and I love the mirror idea, especially if there is something odd/unique that they like/dislike in their appearance (like, in their pov chapter or smth)
Also, u go girl!! ٩( ᐛ )و GO WRITE THAT BOOK!!! It’s gonna be amazing for sure <33333
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Maybe have them look in the mirror and describe themselves??
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i was thinking the same thing but instead do it gradually. every once in a while add a detail like “my freckle splattered hands tucked a brown strand of hair behind my ear” like smth like that idk
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YES!!! That is what I meant :)
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