HOW TO: How to describe eyes

388 18 1
                                    


Describing eye colours isn't very helpful. Talk about the makeup smeared on the left side, the lines under their eyes, the sloppily cut hair obscuring their eyes from view, how bloodshot or sunken they seem in the face, how wide they go at the slightest sound, how glassy and unblinking they seem, how they're always darting. 

All of this tells you much more about the character than whatever shade of gemstone they most resemble. 

The Do's and Don'ts of Writing a StoryWhere stories live. Discover now