To start her Junior year, my daughter had to submit a five page introductory paper describing herself and her life. This past weekend I had a chance to read it.
On page two she had three thick paragraphs, nearly the entire page describing her combative relationship with her mother.
I anxiously rushed to page three imagining I would warrant an entire page. This is what she wrote.
“My father is a strong passionate man with nine herniated disks, but he doesn’t care, he laughs his pains away – actually he laughs all his troubles away.”
That was it. One measly freaking line.
The contrasting descriptions made me think of how descriptions have changed in literature.
Miguel de Cervantes, Victor Hugo, and Jane Austen wrote pages of description. In one of my favorite novels, The Godfather, Mario Puzo used quite bit of description.
In today’s novels, description is kept to a minimum. In screen writing it is almost bare bones.
You read my daughter’s description.
Feel free to take a turn. Describe yourself in one sentence. Or if you prefer, describe me in one sentence.
Thanks for reading.
The Lonely Author 
I’ve only found you but I already find you appealing.
As for me, I’m a die-hard optimist who tries to find joy in everything!
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I like that description. I try to be psotivie and spread it to those around me. Thanks for stopping by. I will visit you and we can get to know one another better.
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That sounds great. Look forward to getting to know you better through our posts. 🙂
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Great. Me too.
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You are a kind, caring, sensitive and resilient gentleman … Andrew
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Smiling. Thanks Ian. I would say the exact same thing about you. Thanks for reading. Have a great weekend.
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Thanks 😀will post as a feature on friends later for their views .. Ian
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Thank you so much for your support.
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🙂 ♡♥♡
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Describe myself in one sentence ? OK – Hows this?
Looking for rainbows among cloudy skies ….
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Good description. Many of us may feel this way. You do see rainbows on occasions, right? Thank you for stopping by to read and comment. I appreciate it.
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L.A – I live in Greater Manchester, England – Of course I see Rainbows 🙂 This past few weeks I’ve also seen the odd flurry of Snow (strange but true)
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That is strange. 😀
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Reblogged this on quirkywritingcorner and commented:
I’ll have to think of a description for me. I wanted to use quirky and Christian, but for some reason those two words in the same sentence just don’t seem right.
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I understand you’re inability to come up with a description using those 2 words. They really don’t go together. Thank you for the reblog. I appreciate your support. God bless.
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Contain in a package
One per unit
Open at your own risk
Contents under pressure
Ok it’s not one sentence……..
But that’s me
Sheldon
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Hahaha Got it. Love your description. Thanks for stopping by. Have a good one Sheldon.
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
WHAT A CHALLENGE. WHAT DO I SAY????
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Thanks so much John. Appreciate it
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Laugh… it’s COOL!!
😃🤣😁
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