05-17-2008, 12:03 PM
Bellatrix Wrote:Do you base the heroine's look on the cover art? Go with the author's description? Imagine your own "look" for the characters based on your impressions of their personalities?
I form a picture in my mind based on the author's description. I don't need to visualize the characters' looks too specifically. They are usually always attractive/handsome in my mind.
When I was writing novels, I would often use pictorials (like Miss November) from Playboy to inspire me to create and describe a character, as it was useful to have a variety of pictures and poses of the same attractive woman upon which to base a description.