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Writing in hand gestures and non-verbal communication is kind of tricky. They are deeply cultural symbols, interpreted by a specific group of people. To outsiders, they seem like nonsense. But non-...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T09:53:10Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/39178 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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Double U
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2019-12-08T09:53:10Z (almost 5 years ago)
Writing in hand gestures and non-verbal communication is kind of tricky. They are deeply cultural symbols, interpreted by a specific group of people. To outsiders, they seem like nonsense. But non-verbal communication is a form of communication, which may be included in a story. Sometimes, a character, for some reason, does not verbally say anything, but makes a hand gesture instead. How do authors deal with these culturally-bound gestures?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-09-30T14:04:54Z (about 6 years ago)
Original score: 7