|
Short and concise.
I use absolutely no more than two paragraphs to describe my characters, and even that's stretching it in my opinion. I'll skim larger descs for hair and eye color, or any peculiarities, but that's it.
Alot can be said in a single, well-crafted sentence. But if verbose descriptions are your bag, more power to you. Just be aware not all of us will be reading them.
I've always felt that descriptions should be kept somewhat ambiguous. Important features should be listed, just enough to paint an image, but the details ought to be left to the reader's imagination.
And for the record, I play on RP heavy MUSHes exclusively. So I'm probably something of an oddball.
|