I’ve been going through a lot of revision lately, so I want to talk about a thing that I’ve been working on. Physicality—communicating the sense of being in the character’s body with physical sensations—is easier for me to remember to do with a furry character because that’s part of the point of it, after all. How does wind feel through your fur? How does your tail move? How does the position of your ears communicate your emotions? You want the reader to feel these details so that they share the feeling of being embodied in the character (one of the things we furries look for in furry fiction is that feeling of embodiment).
Writing Advice: Physicality
Writing Advice: Physicality
Writing Advice: Physicality
I’ve been going through a lot of revision lately, so I want to talk about a thing that I’ve been working on. Physicality—communicating the sense of being in the character’s body with physical sensations—is easier for me to remember to do with a furry character because that’s part of the point of it, after all. How does wind feel through your fur? How does your tail move? How does the position of your ears communicate your emotions? You want the reader to feel these details so that they share the feeling of being embodied in the character (one of the things we furries look for in furry fiction is that feeling of embodiment).