Resources. How to Describe Your Character's Eye Color. How to Describe Eyes (An updated version of this 2K-word article is reproduced in my 15K-word book How to Describe Eyes and Faces. See below.) [First, my profound apologies to the vast majority of readers who don't steal content, but I have to state the following. This article and all content on this website belongs to Val Kovalin, copyright © Obsidianbookshelf.com, except where noted.
Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without written permission from Val Kovalin is strictly prohibited. Even though I recommend "less is more" with physical description in fiction, I love descriptions of characters' eyes: eye-color and other attributes. Go to the Eye Color List (separate page) Go to the Eye-Color Images (further down on this page) Note on Clichés: Be cautious about using the first descriptive words that jump to mind because they're probably clichés. How to Write a Good Description. The Eye-Color Images. What do you actually see in the first blue eye? Dancing Eyes (cliché). Arts - Books Index Page. Novelspot | If books were people, they'd mingle at Novelspo. AutoCrit: Fiction Analyzer - Improve Your Writing. Get Published. Novel in 90 days. 90 days. 67,500 words. No excuses.
A novel in 90. The purpose of this community is to help the members complete a novel-length manuscript in a reasonable time, under real-life conditions. It doesn't matter if you work on a project you've already started. It doesn't matter if you start something new. The goal is, every day for 90 days, you write three manuscript pages of your work in progress. 750 words. A reasonable rate of progress for a professional writer. During that time, you may work on other projects. The idea is to get a taste of what working to a deadline is like, and discover how fast steady work does, in fact, add up.
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Ten Things to Help With Novel Plotting 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. *I haven't updated the copyright note at the bottom of this, but my plotting templates are free for anyone's personal use or non-profit distribution. They.misled.us » Dark Room. Dark Room is a full screen, distraction free, writing environment. Unlike standard word processors that focus on features, Dark Room is just about you and your text.
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