I have been writing for a little while now and am really keen on bettering myself and honing myself as a writer but there is one thing i have problems with. And that is describing how a character looks. I can easily imagine such things but putting it into words is where i have problems. I read many books and learn from them by observing the words an author may use to describe features of thier characters but this is one of those things that i seem "thick " with. In that i havent been able to grasp it yet. So as practice and a plea for advice and an example so help learn how to do this could someone help me with this example i learn much better through explanation + doing so if it isnt so much of a burdan on anyone and they wouldnt mind helping me could i please as an example get help describing through words what my friend looks like:
This is a picture of her.
I hope my question/request isnt stupid but i would be extremely grateful for any suggestions/help that anyone could offer.
A full-length picture might help, for purpose of posture and scale, but from that, the words 'eldritch', 'sharp' and 'defined' spring to mind. Any help?
EDIT: Sorry to be so usless, I'm better at describing tone and objects.
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If you dont mind me asking, why would you use those words. and about the description no thats cool man , whatever people are able to give in advice is fine really i'm just looking for oppinions and examples.
Thanks for what you said anyway
The look she gave was carelessly thrown with no subtext whatsoever; like a child drops a ball only to forget to pick it up when it lands. I hadn't noticed she had cut her hair short. There were many things that were hard to notice about her, as her looks seemed to borrow something from everyone: the sharp nose from that old teacher across the road; a slightly curved eyebrow with a tainted bit of arrogance and lips like cut cherries that had been dried in sarcastic speech. It was difficult to say if she was everyone or every person I knew had a bit of her written in her face. She was a mystery.
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Tried to approach it like that. At least I haven't written in English for a while and certainly haven't tried to write fiction but I think I illustrated some ways to describe the girl on the pic
Hope it helps.
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