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I don't use specifics but like you I do give rough measurements on somethings and not on others, like everything you need a happy medium. I described one character as: She was small, several inches below his nearly five and a half feet, thin and delicate looking and he knew she couldn't be more than a hundred pounds, if that... It gives the reader a rough outline and lets them fill in the details so that the character will feel more real to them since they had a hand in that character's creation. Going to the tape is ussually too much" She was 5 foot 1 inch, wieghed 104 pounds, C cup breasts...blah...blah...blah Makes it sound like an APB. I do laugh when writers tell us exactly how long their male character's penises are, do guys actually measure their junk? Cause in nearly fifty years I have yet to do that...seems sort of wierd to me. So in conclusion There's nothing wrong with using numbers to describe a character, just don't go overboard...but that's just my opinion. I don't know what that means, but after reading it I wanna take a shower!

Ask yourself this, a bit of uncomfortable heat or at least a week of itchy wounds. Not to mention you probably got your ass chewed off when the girls heard

sorry to hear that. may it go in to remission soon.

If the character is of average height then there's no real need to give specific measurements. If the height of the person isn't important to the story then I don't think it's necessary to give specifics. But if it is - if the person is particularly tall or short - then I really don't see how you can get away with not giving particulars, simply because one person's perception of tall can be very different to another's. For example, my girlfriend is 4'11" and she considers anyone about 5'10" as tall, where as I, being 6 foot tall and two brothers taller than I am, and a sister nearly as tall, consider that pretty average and not tall at all. It would be better if you could find a creative way to give measurements, such as magusfang described, then that would be better than giving a laundry list of statistics. Also, if both the height and the weight of the person is important for the reader to know then you could try to break up the information given to the reader. For example, provide details of the person's height at first, mention that the person is fat but wait until a bit later in the story to give details, when a more natural way to provide it occurs. But there's no hard and fast rule of it. I've read professional, published, successful authors that have no problem providing those kind of details. Personally, I like to know details, but everyone's different, and you can't please everyone. Oh, and studies have suggested that the number of adult males that have measured their penis at some point vastly outnumbers those who haven't.

I do agree that there are some areas that may not need any type of measurement. A lot of times, it's not detrimental to the story or the writer won't specify on it. Like with me and breasts. It's just not my thing. So you won't find me writing about actual sizes when it comes to breasts unless it's being asked in dialogue; they would be just... breasts! Okay; maybe there would be a slight mention of them trying to pop out of their restraints or something on the lines of that. But as far as stating that so-and-so had small breasts or even size DD or whatever, I won't do that! I used to be one of those ones who gave out exact penis size! As far as guys actually measuring their junk? It was always rumored that they did when I was back in junior high! The Chargers thing. I'm a football fanatic but never liked the San Diego Chargers. I saw the meme, fell out laughing and it's been with me ever since!

they don't have a lot of input per se, but the characters are pretty heavily based on my girls - to a point obviously, the five year old doesn't wear kevlar LOL. But they usually dont read the stores until after they're posted, but I do ask for advice from time to time. as for Joanne, Legion could fix her but wont because that would change who she is, plus she would never give him permission Haven't decided what to do with her nanites yet...we're not quite done with her...there woll be a lot of ghosts bubbling up from the past in the next book...hehehe As for my niece, she's more like the twind than Cat, even got her one of those 22 caliber crickets, it a miniature rifle for young kids (sister-in-law nearly had a stroke) and she loves going to the ranhe like a big girl, pretty good shot too