Comments on: Are We Food?

By: 8mph Ansible

8mph Ansible — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 18:28:23 +0000

In reply to q____q. Long moved past food, and rather move pass making comparisons to bark & land while I'm at it. I've tried using plain descriptions but it sometimes sticks out to me. Any suggestions for going the plain descriptor route without the sentence sounding flat? Or do I just need to keep working at it?

By: q____q

q____q — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 23:59:25 +0000

I quite liked Ursula K. LeGuins rather plain skin descriptions in her Earthsea novels, they go along the lines of copper, bronze, brown, dark, black.

It’s not very original but it get’s the job done and it fits her down-to-earth writing stile.

Though, coming to think of it, I’m not sure if metals are any better then food … What do you think?

By: Eden

Eden — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 18:26:44 +0000

In reply to Eden. Haha I meant to say *I dislike this too.

By: Eden

Eden — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 18:26:00 +0000

Oh, I dislike, and I think it relates to the fact that there are a lot of negative connotations surrounding some specific foods (e.g. cocoa) that have been tied to slavery in the past. Thus. using foods to describe skin colour is not only uncreative writing & rather inaccurate, it’s also an emotional whammy. And really, how many times do we have to read about an Asian character’s “almond” eyes? But I really like the idea of contrasting skin tone with clothing! That’s a much more precise & realistic way to show skin tone. Going to have to try & incorporate that in my writing. 🙂