An Expanded Hypothesis [mini-gts, 18+]

[robclassact]

Originally Posted by pseudoclever

Great actually. I especially like the 'shorts creeping up' part. This is just a skill I need to "level up," heh.

The only thing...I don't know how deep we want to go into writing philosophy here. But I tend to withhold hard numbers on height...5'5", 5'9", etc. I'd rather give proportions, or something like "he guessed she was just a little shy of six feet tall." Because the characters aren't walking around with tape measures, heh.

And yet I know that when I read I like to know how big the girl is. So I don't know what the take away is.

I ran into that same problem with my last story. I typically held off on numbers or allowed her to estimate until she actually had a means to measure herself.

Occasionally, however, the narrator would clue us in.

[pseudoclever]

I think you guys have a point. I'll loosen up these restrictions on myself for my next story.

[Logan73]

I agree with Kuenbu. I really like to see numbers when I'm reading a story, at least until the girl is around eight feet. After that it starts to feel silly and artificial. I don't know about you guys, but after years of obsessing about female height, I am pretty accurate at pinpointing an exact number on a normal sized woman without needing a tape measure.