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Q&A Is it ok to reference names of real world people?

People Change One thing to remember is that celebrities (and all of us for that matter) change and age with time. So what a celebrity looks like "today" may not be what she looks "now". She wa...

posted 6y ago by JP Chapleau‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T08:33:13Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/35136
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar JP Chapleau‭ · 2019-12-08T08:33:13Z (about 5 years ago)
## People Change

One thing to remember is that celebrities (and all of us for that matter) change and age with time. So what a celebrity looks like "today" may not be what she looks "now".

> She was cute as a button, like one of the Olsen twins, but when she grew up, she grew up to look like China Phillips.

Now is I wrote that back in the 90s, you would have the idea of a cute little girl, blonde-haired girl who became rather large. Reading this today (2018) brings images of thing party girls and a mature woman.

And the following sounds even worse:

> She was cute as a button, like one of the Olsen twins (from the third season of Full House), but when she grew up, she grew up to look like China Phillips (during her time with Wilson-Phillips).

Picture the character in your mind and your notes but avoid giving specific people description, whenever possible.

> She was cute as a button: pig tails, blue eyes, and a contagious smile. Adolescence left her rotund, but with the same smile.

Again, that might be what you want to go for.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-04-17T13:32:53Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 4