This week’s writing challenge is to describe a character.

This challenge was first proposed at the Thanet Creative Writers’ Night.

Some of the techniques we experimented with include:

• Using the environment to contrast with the character
• Describing body language or actions to demonstrate character
• Observational descriptions based on real people
• Contrasting form and character
• Focusing on selected details to imply further details

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