Recent content by Rushlight

Simply include skin color into the description of the person, or find a reason to describe them in relation to something else ("My fair skin would give me away in the dark like a beacon", etc). I tend to write a lot of variable skin tones, and the way I prefer to write is to make as clear when a...

I think in order to exhibit your awareness that the viewpoint isn't necessarily one you share without fourth-walling some kind of treatise on *why*, you can show (not tell) consequences of that belief, whether it sways the character's opinions or not. I'm going to sound like a dull English...