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I have had this discussion before with other readers of romance. The situation is, they find it is sometimes difficult to latch onto the MC because of their appearance. They might even love their personality, but say the woman is described as "beautiful" and maybe it isn't the description of what the reader considers beautiful to them. For example, maybe the reader identifies with Asian features as their ideal for beauty, and the description says "she was beautiful because she was buxom with thin lips and curly red hair" (and I am not saying curly red hair isn't beautiful).
So, to get to the point, what do you think of the main characters having a slightly vague physical description? Like say, we know the woman has, long hair, and she is "beautiful" but it is what the reader defines as beautiful (as in maybe we don't know her eye color/shape yet she is described as having "compelling eyes" and that could be what the reader considers compelling). Any thoughts?
So, to get to the point, what do you think of the main characters having a slightly vague physical description? Like say, we know the woman has, long hair, and she is "beautiful" but it is what the reader defines as beautiful (as in maybe we don't know her eye color/shape yet she is described as having "compelling eyes" and that could be what the reader considers compelling). Any thoughts?