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Writing in a setting you know...without sounding like Lonely Planet guides...?

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cenwolfgirl:
i have a solution but might not extange well to all books
intreduce you carictor as a child or some  one with poor sight then they are les likly to describe things in deatal that often
or change place names and murge lots of places together suterly
just sergetions might only work in some cases

The Deposed King:

--- Quote from: cenwolfgirl on February 17, 2012, 01:40:49 AM ---i have a solution but might not extange well to all books
intreduce you carictor as a child or some  one with poor sight then they are les likly to describe things in deatal that often
or change place names and murge lots of places together suterly
just sergetions might only work in some cases

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You could have him be 'blind as a bat' without his contacts or glasses.  The contacts are lost along with the luggage or at least delayed for a day or two.  While his titanium glasses get confiscated at the airport or destroyed during a fight.

Then you could have him say.  I couldn't see the x, y or z building but I knew what it looked like.  Long marble colums up front, lion gargoyles sitting up on the third of 8 floors looking down on you.  It was a big blocky building and that's how I knew this was the place I was looking for, I could see the general fuzzy outline.  The bellhop that came out and said, "Welcome to the x,y or z." was also a big hint too of course.


The Deposed King

cenwolfgirl:

--- Quote from: The Deposed King on February 17, 2012, 02:48:01 AM ---You could have him be 'blind as a bat' without his contacts or glasses.  The contacts are lost along with the luggage or at least delayed for a day or two.  While his titanium glasses get confiscated at the airport or destroyed during a fight.

Then you could have him say.  I couldn't see the x, y or z building but I knew what it looked like.  Long marble colums up front, lion gargoyles sitting up on the third of 8 floors looking down on you.  It was a big blocky building and that's how I knew this was the place I was looking for.  The bellhop that came out and said, "Welcome to the x,y or z, was also a big hint too.


The Deposed King

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no glasses and my carictor may as well be blind as a bat witch is why it works
you are funny  :)

arianne:
Um...I'm not sure if a person with poor sight is what I'm looking for, seeing as how he'll need to be able to drive about in a car...(and I don't think he'd be able to do that if he only saw buildings as blurry outlines).

cenwolfgirl:

--- Quote from: arianne on February 17, 2012, 02:48:36 PM ---Um...I'm not sure if a person with poor sight is what I'm looking for, seeing as how he'll need to be able to drive about in a car...(and I don't think he'd be able to do that if he only saw buildings as blurry outlines).

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you are right poor sight means aleagle to drive cars due to not being able to see where you are going
it was a sergetion and i said it might not always work
sorry i could not be of more help

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