hi! i hope you’re doing well do you have a list of words to describe facial expressions? also, words to describe laughter? thank you :))
I’ve sort of taken this ask as an opportunity to make a “collection” of my resources for vocabulary, description, etc. Below is a list of articles that one would find helpful for writing description (of mostly anything).
The Vocabulary & Resources
All About Colors
A Writer’s Thesaurus
Words To Describe Body Types and How They Move
Words To Describe… (Face, Facial Expressions, and General Behavior)
Resources For Describing Characters
Resources For Describing Emotion
Describing Setting
Resources For Describing Physical Things
Describing Heartbreak
Utilizing The Vocabulary
Using Vocabulary
Expanding Your Vocabulary
Describing Where Your Characters Are
Balancing Detail & Development
When To Use “Felt”
Showing Vs Telling
How To Better Your Vocabulary & Description
Adding Description
Tips on Descriptions
Giving Characters Stage Business
Additionally:
How To Develop A Distinct Voice In Your Writing
Showing VS Telling in First Person POV
Writing In Third Person POV
Improving Flow In Writing
How To “Show Don’t Tell” More
What To Cut Out of Your Story
Editing & Proofreading Cheat Sheet
A Guide To Tension & Suspense
On Underwriting
Ultimate Guide To Symbolism
Expanding Scenes
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Tightening your sentences and getting rid of unnecessary adverbs and adjectives does not mean writing short sentences. You can have a long sentence without any adverbs or adjectives and you can have a short sentence with too many. Tightening your sentences just means that every word has to matter.
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“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
— Benjamin Franklin
Everyone knows the age old rule “show don’t tell” but people rarely explain what that actually means. Don’ tell your reader what happened, put them in the scene so they can experience it with the characters. Don’t say “Ella walked to the dining hall and discovered Stacy and Rick arguing in the corner”. Write about Ella walking to the dining hall, how she heard hushed voices and couldn’t make out the words at first but recognized the voices. Write about how as she got closer she could make out fragments of the argument and when she passed them in the hall they stopped speaking as soon as they spotted her. This will make for a much more interesting story.
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