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Q&A How does an author write in hand gestures and non-verbal communication?

Make the gestures culture-neutral, or describe the intent of the hand gesture. For example: He gestured across his neck with a cutting motion. This generally implies decapitation, meaning any...

posted 6y ago by Matthew Dave‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T09:53:12Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/39181
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Matthew Dave‭ · 2019-12-08T09:53:12Z (almost 5 years ago)
Make the gestures culture-neutral, or describe the intent of the hand gesture. For example:

> He gestured across his neck with a cutting motion.

This generally implies decapitation, meaning anything from 'you're dead' to 'call off the action', but either way, given a context, the communication is clear regardless of culture. Loss of one's head is sort of a universal concern for humanity.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-10-01T01:02:00Z (about 6 years ago)
Original score: 0