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⌈ Secret Post #2510 ⌋

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Descriptions fall outside the rule of show, don't tell, because what you want to show is a character's true personality or emotion. Seeing a character's appearance in your mind is different from 'seeing' that character's sadness, for example. You don't 'see' sadness; it is expressed through action-- thus, showing. But you see when someone's black or white or Asian.

So no, you don't have to continuously remind people that "hey! he's black! see? see??" because that's ridiculous. One clear description when he's introduced suffices, unless the POV character needs to be hyper aware of how his skin looks in every situation. You're right that those examples you gave are terrible.

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Re: Writing characters of color while showing not telling and not pissing people off