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This is more for my own curiosity than anything else but I was wondering if when reading about a character with no specified gender and no description of their looks, does the choice of words used ...
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System
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2019-12-08T11:38:36Z (almost 5 years ago)
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Sparrowonfire
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2019-12-08T11:38:36Z (almost 5 years ago)
This is more for my own curiosity than anything else but I was wondering if when reading about a character with no specified gender and no description of their looks, does the choice of words used to describe their personality affect what your mental image of who you think they are? I ask because I have been working on a story for a few days and I just realised that in the 3.5k~ words I have written I have never actually specified anything physical about the character or used any gender-specific terms despite having a good idea in my head of who they are. So other than physical descriptions what factors influence a reader's "image" of a character?
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System
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2019-04-05T09:52:37Z (over 5 years ago)
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