because a person never thinks that hard about their appearance or backstory into a mirror. Exactly! I notice new zits or wrinkles, but I'll be damned if I've ever been pressed for time in front of a mirror but decided it's worth it to potentially make myself late while I try to figure out whether my eyebrows resemble my father's or my maternal aunt's.
What wouldn't be shown obviously wouldn't be important. FAR, FAR TOO MANY AUTHORS FORGET THIS. You don't have to describe the living room down to the wallpaper and thread count in the carpet. Now, if there's a BDSM jungle gym in the corner, you might want to mention that, but otherwise, say "living room" and pretty much anyone gets the idea.
Her POV bit didn't bother me in and of itself, as it generally works well for the genre in which she writes. But the prescriptiveness of the piece kind of bugged me.
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Exactly! I notice new zits or wrinkles, but I'll be damned if I've ever been pressed for time in front of a mirror but decided it's worth it to potentially make myself late while I try to figure out whether my eyebrows resemble my father's or my maternal aunt's.
What wouldn't be shown obviously wouldn't be important.
FAR, FAR TOO MANY AUTHORS FORGET THIS. You don't have to describe the living room down to the wallpaper and thread count in the carpet. Now, if there's a BDSM jungle gym in the corner, you might want to mention that, but otherwise, say "living room" and pretty much anyone gets the idea.
Her POV bit didn't bother me in and of itself, as it generally works well for the genre in which she writes. But the prescriptiveness of the piece kind of bugged me.