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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 14/01/2025

2/ Generic gestures like shrugging shoulders or rampant “looking” are filler moments that weigh down your prose. As an editor, I mark them in red. Why? Because gestures should reveal something deeper about your character or the scene. Push harder. Find something better.

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elmo from sesame street is making a funny face while sitting on a wooden table .

Alt: elmo from sesame street is making a funny face while sitting on a wooden table .

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 14/01/2025

3/ Want gestures to feel authentic? Give characters a task. Let them light a campfire while arguing or fold laundry mid-conversation. Actions shaped by emotion—fumbling matches in frustration or snapping a towel in anger—add layers to both character and dialogue.

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a person is lighting a small fire with a lighter

Alt: a person is lighting a campfire

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 14/01/2025

4/ Here’s the key: how a character does something matters more than what they’re doing. Unloading a dishwasher isn’t interesting. But unloading it in anger? Slamming plates, snapping silverware, and muttering under their breath—that’s a scene with emotion and depth.

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a woman is kneeling down in front of a dishwasher that is open

Alt: a woman unloading a dishwasher quickly

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Imperial Grace @synstoria.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Interesting thread but do you have other ex. with more positive emotions? I feel they are much harder to write through daily gestures than anger or frustration. For ex. happiness I will think about humming but it doesn't fit a conversation as you are listening. How do you happily fold your clothes?

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