1. Portrait description
Refers to a part or parts that describe a person's appearance (face, facial features), expression, body shape, clothing, posture, manner, etc. Use vivid and concrete language.
Portrait description does not require writing the whole picture, but focuses on expressing the character and highlighting the central idea of the article. Its function is not only to outline the external appearance of the characters, but also to convey the "spirit" by "shape", that is, to reveal the character through some external characteristics of the characters. It often focuses on characters' faces, figures and clothes to show their identity, demeanor, charm and expression.
Sample text
Indeed, Margaret is an amazing woman.
She is a little tall and slim, but she has extraordinary talent. As long as she spends a little effort on clothes, she will cover up this negligence of nature. She wore a cashmere shawl that reached the ground, and the wide edge of the silk dress was exposed at both sides. The folds around her thick hand warmers close to her chest are very delicate, so no matter what critical eyes you use, the lines are blameless.
Her head is beautiful and a wonderful baby. It looks small and exquisite, just like Miao Sai said, as if it had been carefully rubbed by her mother.
There is an indescribable charm on a goose egg face, with two big black eyes embedded and two curved and slender eyebrows on it, just as pure as hand-painting. The eyes are covered with thick eyelashes, and when the eyes are lowered, a faint shadow is cast on the rosy cheeks; The playful little nose is exquisite and beautiful, and the nose is slightly bulging, like a strong desire for erotic life; A well-defined straight mouth, soft lips slightly open, revealing a tooth as white as milk; Skin color is like a sweater on a peach that has not been touched by human hands: these are the general impressions of this beautiful face.
Black jade hair, whether natural or combed, has wavy curls, which are combed into two locks on the forehead and dragged to the back of the head, revealing two earlobes, on which two diamond earrings each worth four or five thousand francs are flashing.
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Just like describing the beauty of Luo Fu, the beautiful portrait of Margaret in La Traviata is written in beautiful words, which gives full play to the imagination, describes directly and indirectly with delicate brushstrokes, and slightly hints at her life state as a joke.
2. Language description
Words speak from the heart, and the characters' words are the easiest to "reveal" the inner secrets of the characters, the most flexible and direct to show the characters' personality, and the most fully and meticulously expose the inner world of the characters. Therefore, the language description of characters is an important means to portray characters.
Language description should reflect the personality characteristics of the characters. Because of the differences caused by age, occupation, identity, age and other factors, people speak in different ways. Language description is to grasp the language that can express the personality of the characters and write "this one" for the readers to hear and see. Language description should be concise and decent, not sloppy, and inconsistent with the identity of the characters.
Language description is mainly manifested in dialogue description.
Sample text
"Look, another one,' I'm not ready'; I have recited them one by one, and I am still' please forgive me'. "
The speaker was none other than the number one clown Kong. Kong is a tall and thin man. Although his five senses are not harmonious, they add a bit of humor. At the moment, he is sitting on the podium ready to play, but he is complaining about the polite opening remarks of other players.
"Hey, old hole, it's your turn. What happened? "
"Don't ask, just watch!" With that, he shook his thin arms and legs and walked onto the stage.
Bow 90 degrees in the northeast and 90 degrees in the southeast: "Tell everyone a good news: I am quite prepared. The topic of my speech is ... "
Clean and tidy! Applause rang out from the audience.
This is a hole. He wants more than being different.
What was the result? Play hardball first! He said he was ready, and he was ready!
3. Action description
Action description is to let the characters express themselves with actions. Action is the concrete expression of a character's character, which can best express the character characteristics of a character. Every gesture, action and gesture of a character can express this character well. Therefore, the description of character movements is the main way to express characters and shape their images.
The actions mentioned here are not all the actions of the characters, but those that are the most meaningful, can best express the characters' character, or can promote the development of the plot, including the habitual actions and subconscious behaviors of the characters. Action description is to let the characters show their values, emotional characteristics, personality temperament, mental state and so on. In terms of "what to do" and "how to do it", let readers make corresponding, similar, relevant and non-contradictory judgments through the "actions" of the characters.
Sample text
She shook so badly when she took the fork that it fell off. She was so hungry that her head trembled like an old man. As a result, she had to eat food with her fingers. When she put a potato in her mouth, she burst into sobs. Two lines of thick tears ran down my cheeks and DC's bread. She just kept eating, desperately swallowing the bread soaked with tears, while panting and her chin was still twitching. Gu luxuriously forced her to drink so that she wouldn't choke; However, the glass made a loud noise when it touched her teeth.
4. Psychological description
Psychological description is a description of the inner thoughts and emotional activities of characters in a certain environment, aiming at profoundly revealing their spiritual world and ideological quality.
If the description of portraits, words and actions focuses on showing the external characteristics of characters, so that readers can see or feel the inner activities of characters through these descriptions, then psychological description directly reveals the inner secret world of characters. Their combination can make the characters more real, complete, substantial and profound, so they are more artistic.
In psychological depiction, we should pay attention to capturing the inner changes of the characters, especially those fleeting spiritual fluctuations. When describing the trajectory of psychological changes, it should be ups and downs.
Sample text
Now, she is sitting alone, and her siblings are not around. Her thoughts are ups and downs, silently reviewing all kinds of old feelings. She thinks that she has been married to her husband all her life, and she is convinced of his sincerity and love. She is sincere to him, too. His quietness, calmness, honesty and reliability seem to be a godsend. An upright woman should base her happiness in life on these foundations. She believes that he will always care about her and her brothers and sisters. On the other hand, Victor occupies a very precious position in her heart. From the moment they met, they seemed to be very congenial and harmonious. After a long time of communication, he has left an indelible impression on her heart. No matter what she is interested in or thinks of, she is used to sharing it with him. His departure will tear a gap in her whole heart that may never be filled! Oh, how happy she would be if she could turn him into her brother in an instant! -she can introduce one of her girlfriends to marry him, and his relationship with Albert can be completely restored!
She thought about her girlfriends one by one, and felt that everyone had some shortcomings, and no one was worthy of him.
After thinking so much, she vaguely felt that there was a secret desire in her heart to keep him for herself, and at the same time warned herself that she could not keep him or allow her to keep him; Her pure, beautiful, usually very relaxed and easily overlooked emotions feel the weight of gloom, which hinders her expectation of happiness. Her heart was depressed, and a mass of sadness covered her eyes.
Three. Matters needing attention in character description:
1. You can't simply confine yourself to one person.
We should expand our vision to the whole environment of this person's life, that is, we should analyze not only the relationship between this person and others, but also the relationship between this person and the surrounding things. Only by considering it in the big environment can we accurately locate this person's external modality and touch his heart from the outside, so as to profoundly grasp his character. The words written in this way can keep up with life and the times.
2. Write according to the characters' own characteristics.
Through personalized description, write the particularity of specific characters. The objective reality shows that everyone has his own personality. If everyone uses a "fixed framework", it is a thousand people, which is consistent with the actual situation. We should understand that the more similar two things are, the more difficult it is to find their differences, and it is precisely because they are very similar that it is more necessary to distinguish them. We should be good at seeking differences from the same, and if we do this, we will have a higher ability to grasp the character.
1. Please enjoy a group laugh caused by Yuanyang and Xifeng playing tricks on Granny Liu in the 40th episode of A Dream of Red Mansions, and talk about their own experiences in describing characters.
I saw a daughter-in-law standing there with a box, and a maid came and opened the lid, which contained two bowls of vegetables. Li Wan put a bowl on Grandmother Jia's desk. Feng picked out a bowl of pigeon eggs and put it on Granny Liu's desk. When Grandma Jia said "please" here, Grandma Liu stood up and said loudly, "Lao Liu, Lao Liu, she ate like a cow and didn't look up after eating an old sow." I drum my cheeks and don't talk. They were stunned at first, and then they burst out laughing up and down. Shi Xiangyun couldn't stay up and spit out a mouthful of rice; Lin Daiyu was angry with a smile and fell on the table. Baoyu rolled into the old lady's arms early, and the old lady smiled and hugged Baoyu, calling him "sweetheart"; Mrs. Wang smiled and pointed at Xifeng, unable to speak. Aunt Xue couldn't hold on, and the tea in her mouth sprayed on Tanchun's skirt. Tanchun's rice bowls are all on Yingchun; Cherish spring got up from his seat, pulling her to call the nurse who rubbed his intestines. There is no one underground who doesn't bend over, some hide out and squat and laugh, and some endure laughter to change clothes for their sisters. Only with the support of Xifeng and Yuanyang can Granny Liu be allowed.