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[niekhilet]

when you're writing you always feeling putting these trite little actions in for characters to do:

"he took a drag of his cigarette"
"she brushed her hair out of her face"

etc. after making efforts to remove them, i've realized that there really isn't much left after that.

Comments

[midnightglobe]

keep only the most revealing little action; thats what ernie hemmingway did. strip it to bare facts, and find one single image or action that gives the whole character flesh and dreams in a single blow.

its easier said than done, though.

[reintegration]

"she took a drag of his cigarette"
"he brushed her hair out of her face"

[reintegration]

"he brushed his cigarette out of her hair"
"she took a drag of his face"