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Like TVTropes, Springhole, and Wikipedia, an author could spend hours following one link (Black Panther Fanfic Writing) to the next (Bad to have a Disabled Love Interest?) and the next (Baby Banks in an Infertile World, Eugenics and Racism) into the wee hours of the morning, only this one is tailored specifically to people who want their fiction to have as much positive impact as possible on ...
No, but you don't tend to describe yourself at all in real life. Even if I were to, say, describe myself to an internet friend who hadn't seen me, I would probably just say I was pale, not get into the details of my skin tone - I just don't get a lot of sun In writing, if you want to describe someone, you're almost never going to be using words they would use to do it - you're using your own ...
I've used a type of coffee before. Even the term 'as dark as space', to describe skin tone. Though there are many ways to describe something like that, but most of the time it isn't necessary unless the MC is making note of what they are seeing, since most people don't describe themselves in much if any physical detail typically.
I would say "Dark skin" and then use descriptive language to describe it "Dark as coal" "Dark as midnight" something like that. Again, you could write a 500,000 word novel and never use the word 'black', but if you have aliens with dark skin people will find a comparison to real world people of color, also again not necessarily a bad thing, but ...
The main thing you want to do is to say the color of the skin, specifically, because not all Asians have the same skin tone. You also want to avoid calling any hair or skin by a food name, unless you're going to start saying white people have yogurt, tapioca, or Alfredo skin (see, it's gross). If I'm wrong on any of this, please correct me.
Skin Tone Description Resource Discussion in ' Research ' started by Stormburn , Apr 19, 2021 . I just posted a video tutorial with a resource link in the Resource thread about skin tone description.
His skin was remarkable. Some days it was indeed as white as chalk, and others it was pink, like that of a pig or the underbelly of a goat. His arms and legs were covered in tangles of dark hair, again like a pig’s, only these hairs were longer. The man produced more sweat than any man I had ever seen.
It's a YA Fantasy Adventure story with a dark tone and dark themes. B055man, May 16, 2021 #7.
This tutorial makes me think a lot about not just writing and describing, but also about the place where I am when we talk about POC, how growing up in a country where people of color are not something common (Like in the USA, France, the UK, more), but racism is, had affected my perspective and my creative world.
Her dark hair framed the snowy complexion of her face, as her ruby red lips and cool, penetrating blue eyes contrasted her lily white skin. Her fingertip slowly and gently rose up before her milky face, coming to a rest in front of her crimson lips as she said "Shhhhhh"...