Oh, the mirror trick just sucks. My estimation of a writer who uses such a trick drops immediately when they pull that one out of the hat. The closest I came to the mirror trick in one of my novels was when Varis leans over a barrel to wash her face and catches her reflection. And then I ended up describing how haggard and weary she looked, rather than things like hair. . . . Oh and I used the same barrel trick in a dream sequence so that Varis could realize it wasn't herself she was dreaming about.
But yeah, only bring up things that relate to plot and characterization and you're usually pretty well set for descriptions.
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Date: 2008-02-23 07:41 pm (UTC)But yeah, only bring up things that relate to plot and characterization and you're usually pretty well set for descriptions.