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Q&A Describing body language?

To add to the already excellent answer, you do not need to describe body language every time, you can clearly state the subtext directly as the narrator. He leaned in and lowered his voice, all...

posted 6y ago by Jorge Córdoba‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T08:00:55Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/41769
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Jorge Córdoba‭ · 2019-12-08T08:00:55Z (almost 5 years ago)
To add to the already excellent answer, you do not need to describe body language every time, you can clearly state the subtext directly as the narrator.

> He leaned in and lowered his voice, all his body screaming hatred towards her.

All of our body language is unconscious, you don’t realise you’re doing it or reading it so even if you describe it perfectly, people may not get it anyway.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-01-30T19:24:47Z (almost 6 years ago)
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