/lit/ - Literature

I'm not even gonna read that stupid post, how dare he used Akari like this.

But back to writing, regarding character descriptions, how far do you guys go? Unless they're a prominent character, which would give me ample opportunities to sprinkle in descriptions, or the appearance of someone is important somehow, I tend to just give less important characters a once over if that with the occasional detail. I used to be more obsessive when it came to "painting a picture" where I would sometimes anally describe every article of what someone's wearing but I felt like it can impair the momentum of the story. But I know readers sometimes appreciate something they can hold on to like that, one time I even received an illustration from a fan which of course was accurate because I autistically went into detail what they were wearing

If you have a truly brilliant idea for a story, but you haven't written a story before, is it better to build up writing skill by tackling your less interesting story ideas first, or just go straight for what you really want to write?

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>men who are attracted to women are gay