Tag: character descriptions

What colour are your characters’ eyes?

I tweeted the other day to ask writers if anyone else had no idea the colour of their characters’ eyes. Responses were enthusiastic.

A few days ago when I was playing on Twitter*, I made the mistake of tweeting this:

* I know it’s not called Twitter any more, and I probably shouldn’t be there. But I call it that and I’m there, so… hedgehogs.

A tweet by A.S. Akkalon that reads: Please tell me there are some other writers who don't know the colours of their characters' eyes.
It’s not kidding. I am editing.

I expected one or two chirps from the void and then silence.

Instead I spent a good portion of the next day responding to a plethora of writers who felt this was an important point. (Is 147 a plethora? I think it is.)

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