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>acting like it's a personal preference thing is pretty retarded and also objectively wrong.
it's funny because you literally didn't give any arguments for the part that actually matters the most

and I would also wager that you aren't that published tbqh, so hopefully you don't expect me to just take it at face value that you actually know what you're doing. so why dont you then provide arguments for nothing more important than just your personal standpoint, or btfo, self-important retard.

also, "genre fiction" is a pointless buzzword, it literally just denotes "literature that isn't very good"

You look like you're arguing with yourself. Protip: if you want to same fag, at least change how you type.

I base 90% of my characters off people I know or know of
Even if it's not key to the story and I never end up describing their appearance in detail I find it helps

No, it doesn't look like he's arguing with himself. Protip: "how you format stuff" is not the same thing as "your writing voice".

>not wanting to give life to your characters by giving them imagery that the audience can use to visualize them
yeah it's not significant at all to describe your characters and build atmosphere and tone, just have them all be empty canvases because muhh minimalism.

You swine, literary experience is about immersion into the worlds the author creates, in what world do the people have no appearance? In what world user?

>I base 90% of my characters off people I know or know of
>Even if it's not key to the story and I never end up describing their appearance in detail I find it helps
this is the author version of using stencils, just potato head characters like the good authors do

>it's funny because you literally didn't give any arguments for the part that actually matters the most

to be fair to me, I kind of thought my argument was evident in the first part of the post. rereading though, you're right: I was a bit vague.

I buy into literature being primarily a storytelling medium. but what I'm trying to get at is, as far as writing literature goes, your priorities are in the wrong place if you insist on writing a character who happens to look a lot like your favorite actress. like, if your commentary on the human condition can only function properly if your protagonist has rich, flaxen hair, piercing blue eyes, and a beautiful smile, then whatever. I'm just saying it's a sort of weird viewpoint to have for someone writing literature instead of genre fiction. not so much a case of "it's literally impossible to hit the target when you shoot like that"; more akin to "most people miss when they're facing in the opposite direction."

>i would also wager that you aren't that published

and you'd be right. but I've studied literature like most people here, and it seems to me like world-building isn't really a hallmark of most great literary fiction. I stand by what I said: if the appearance affects characters or plot events, or has symbolic value, it's important. but starting off your novel by saying "I want to write a story about a strapping young lad with raven hair" doesn't strike me as the way to go about it.

>genre fiction is a pointless buzzword

I'd disagree. it's pretty specific: fiction that's plot-driven and is designed to fit into, and incorporate, certain plot/setting/character/what have you archetypes. this is when world-building is important. but it's also shit, so.

>btfo, self-important retard

this seems a little uncalled for, user. I never personally insulted you. when I said that "acting like it's a personal preference thing is...retarded and objectively wrong", I meant that arguing the whole "there are many ways to produce good fiction because there are many types of good writing" thing in this case doesn't really apply, since, once again, it's sort of missing the point.

it's a paradigm thing.

> if your commentary on the human condition can only function properly if your protagonist has rich, flaxen hair, piercing blue eyes, and a beautiful smile, then whatever.
that's a bizarre straw man, just because a character is beautiful doesn't mean they can't have problems or be in an interesting story. You are implying that the only way you can write literature is if you take a contrarian stance to conventions of traditional literature which sounds a lot like your viewpoint creeping into the pragmatism of writing.

> I stand by what I said: if the appearance affects characters or plot events, or has symbolic value, it's important.
most appearance is important since humans by default make judgements based on appearance. Unless it is your goal to leave it to the imagination of the audience, why leave imagery to chance?

What is your point? That people who like to describe their character's appearances are fools unless that appearance falls under a specific arbitrary set of conditions you impose? I am truly at a lose to try and find your point.

Who the fuck keeps bumping this shitty thread?!

are they related??