Anyway, this chart is just one of two like it and it has saved me many times as I've described a variety of emotions and body language. I hope you will find them as useful
I wish you happy word counts.
Today, as I happily added to my NaNoWriMo word count, I caught myself typing 'Her expression was confused'. Yeah - cue the groaning. I know better. That's telling, not showing, and something to be avoided at all costs. So I stopped and dug out this trusty little chart I found on Reference For Writers (thank you again, Pinterest) The chart originally came, I believe, from Writers Write website. If you haven't visited those two sites, I can highly recommend it. I'll leave links at the end of this post.
Anyway, this chart is just one of two like it and it has saved me many times as I've described a variety of emotions and body language. I hope you will find them as useful I wish you happy word counts. 11/14/2016 09:59:28 am
Hey, when you're writing a first draft, "her expression was confused" is perfectly fine! You can fix that during revisions. I do a LOT of telling in my first draft. Mainly because I'm not sure if I'll need the information once I start revising. Easier to delete something I didn't spend a lot of time on, you know? Comments are closed.
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