Avoid Laughable Gestures Last post we discussed the need for originality and character-depth when writing a character’s physical gestures. With all the bad news and anxiety, I thought it would be fun to examine some of fiction’s most laughable (and troublesome) gestures. Writing Tip for Today: While we all want our readers to experience a […]
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Writing Character Gestures
When we write scenes, we must liven them with the body language and nonverbal cues we use when we interact emotionally. Those cues and reactions can get stale awfully fast. Writing Tip for Today: Here are some ways to avoid falling into tropes and clichés when describing emotions: No Sighs Around my house, when we’re […]
Roving Body Parts: Gesture Zombies
Halloween Week! Gesture Zombies! In effective critique groups writers find safe haven to try out their prose. Inevitably, the subject of roving body parts comes up. What’s your take? Should eyes drop, hands be thrown up and arms taken up the stairs? Writing Tip for Today: I find fascinating differences between the “rule” some writing […]