As I get older, I feel gorgeous less often. I must do something about that. What makes you feel gorgeous? When someone compliments you, when you treat yourself, get pampered, a look, comment or gift? That touch or the feel of some wonderful clothes.
I love pink.. and usually feel gorgeous when I wear anything with pink in it. I’m not really one for the girly pink more of a brighter harsher pink.
Show don’t tell.
He felt gorgeous.
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He noticed her looking at him. With his hand in his jacket pocket, feeling the touch of the new designer suit he’d had made and taking in the scent of his aftershave, he strode across the room towards her.
Lynne’s AtoZ blogging challenge theme in case you couldn’t tell:
Linked to thoughts of emotions and behaviours, my theme is ‘I feel….’. Writers among you will be familiar with the phrase show don’t tell, for others it’s what every novelist tries to do. Authors want to show you the emotion and behaviour without telling you it. Trying to practice showing not telling, I have included an example in each post. I may have got it right, I may not have. Please let me know.
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I like your examples of showing instead of telling. We hear that so often but you present examples in a simple manner. Visiting from A to Z 1896
You got me Rita.. Simple to the core 😉
I think I’ve faded into bland, but then I rarely put on makeup or fuss with my hair. My Hub still wants me (Lord knows why), so I guess that’s all that matters. Actually, what gives me the biggest kick is when my granddaughter says “Mima, I like your bracelet” or “Mima, you got new shoes”. She’s quite the fashionista at the ripe old age of 7.
I’ll take more energy over gorgeous anyway these days, if someone offered me that choice !
There are some yummy brighter pinks, raspberries and mauves – I like those, too.
A local campaigning for local Council elections turned up last night and I soon realised that without thinking I’d got home and changed straight into pink hearted pj’s.. hmm.. we had a laugh at my embarrassed expression hiding behind my glass front door.
Energy over gorgeousness.. I hope that’s not an age thing since I’m with you on that one and hope we get back to our gorgeousness with energy soon!
Ha ha funny pj story.
I find us all beautiful – we’ve made it through the toughest decades and have battle scars to show for our sheer determination and bravery. I look at my physically woeful toes and heels (I’m not a mani-pedi girl) and think about the hundreds if miles those feet have walked and danced and pedaled. I am so grateful for them; I couldn’t possibly not love them just the way they are. Same with any other body part.
Gorgeous is a compliment I often wanted to hear and I get it when I wear an Indian Saree!!! I love the way people think it is gorgeous!!! Very lovely G word you have chosen!
~S(t)ri
Participant|AtoZ Challenge 2014
Smile, it makes (y)our day!
Thanks. Indian Saree’s are pretty gorgeous and must feel great to wear.
I feel gorgeous when my smile reaches my eyes. Lovely word chosen for G!
That’s a great explanation. That happened to me yesterday and yes I felt gorgeous. Embarrassed but gorgeous all the same.
Or we could say, He noticed her eyes widen at the sight of him, the smile spread on her face as she watched him walk towards her. 🙂
We could but my descriptive’s not up to your standards. Feel free to put shows here anytime Damyanti. Love your writing.
Thanks for popping by on your not so busy days 😉 AtoZ’s going great by the way.
lol I wasn’t putting a show, just writing the line that occurred to me. I see people in my head, and hear and smell them, so I just describe them as they are. Very real in my head, and *hopefully* as real on paper.
I’m traveling and struggling with a snail-on-hiberation speed internet, so I’m not doing a very good AZ so far, I’m afraid. Glad you’re enjoying yourself.
I feel gorgeous when I wear my corset – it just makes me feel so sexy even if I have to relearn how to bend :). I wish you much pink to feel gorgeous in.
Tasha
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Never worn a corset. Thanks for the pink wishes.
Not pink for me, I actually prefer black with a colorful scarf.
I like wearing black and colourful scarves too. I paint my own silk scarves, they’re colourful but subtle.
I’ve told people they look gorgeous. I don’t remember it ever being said to me. Maybe that’s me? I prefer blue!
You look gorgeous in your pic.
I wear a lot of blue but feel more gorgeous in pink. Think we need a social experiment.. sort of.. when you tell others they’re gorgeous what colours are they wearing?
G is for going strong, Barn & Beach
Thanks Michael.
My sense of gorgeousness is very closely related to my self confidence. If I feel confident, I feel gorgeous. If I feel gorgeous, I feel confident. Trouble is, it also works the other way around … 🙂
I need to work out what makes me feel gorgeous and do it more often..
That’s a great idea to focus in on how you *feel* to better enable your writing to *show.* I sometimes get the idea of show wrapped up with the concepts of how things look – and recognizing how to show how tings feel is so much more powerful. Excellent.
*blushes*
Thank you!
A little bit ‘wordy’ for me on this one, but if trimmed down by about six or seven words, spot on.
I agree, I wasn’t very happy with this one.
Love your showing in place of telling…I am really working on that. Phew!
Gorgeous? Not so much…LOL!
Donna B. McNicol
A to Z Participant
Thanks Donna. You’re always gorgeous.
I kind of feel the opposite of gorgeous when I wear pink, haha! Love the sketch, once again. 🙂
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I love deep pink not the girly pale pink, I cringe around that colour. Glad you love the sketches.