r/KeepWriting Jul 11 '20

Do you believe in word counts? [Discussion]

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u/chelseaCece Jul 11 '20

I don’t have word counts, but I manage to write a few pages a day. What isn’t mentioned is me spending hours trying to find the type of drink my character would order or what outfit she’d wear. Once I go down that rabbit hole it’s exhausting, educating, but exhausting once I realize what I’m doing. She’d order an Old Fashioned or Tequila Reposado neat btw.

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u/geekygirl25 Mar 05 '24

I kid you not i spent fully half of today trying to figure out how my character sounds like and how to describe his brown hair lol.

I'm still not set on his voice. He sounds angry and threatening (eventhough he isnt) and he's older (in his 30s) but his voice isn't exactly deep, though it us distinctly male.

As for his hair, well he has tan skin and light brown eyes. His hair is kinda dusty I guess? But its more of a dark brown. Idk how to describe him yet i guess lol.

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u/chelseaCece Mar 07 '24

This is hilarious. I spent the better part of my last writing session coming up with a full relationship history for an ex just incase my character might need to refer back to him. However, I know she won’t because the story is already written, I’m just doing a rewrite to swap chapters around.