By:
Sharla Rae, @SharlaWrites
If
poets are to be believed, eyes are the windows to the soul.
Rather
than using clichéd or common descriptions, why not use “explicit” eye descriptions
to give your reader a real peek into a character’s psyche?
I’ll
touch on eye color, movement, and appearance and, of course, I have some
helpful lists to inspire ideas.
Eye
color
It’s
a given that writers mention eye color as a character feature. Color can be
mentioned every so often to remind readers what the character looks like. But!
Don’t hit them over the head with it.
Besides
using eye color as a facial feature it can sometimes be used to identify who is
speaking especially
if the color distinctive.
Blue
eyes widened and she threw up both hands. “Now hold on a minute.”
OR
Her
amber cat eyes narrowed. “xxxx”
A
character might have plain old blue or brown eyes and that’s fine. But
why not use color terms
that say something about the character or what they’re thinking?
.
. .
Read the full article HERE!
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