It is one among many of the things I describe about the characters--and now that I'm aware of it, I have been trying other things in place of where I'm naturally inclined to go the eyes route. (It's also often one of those things that occurs simultaneously to another reaction--tilting a face up toward the warmth of the sun, or pinching the bridge of the nose.) I'm not sure what the simple wordcount reveals, and I think I'd have to go back through and look at every instance to see why I chose to use it where I used it to get a full picture of what's there.
But yes, with numbers like that, it is something I need to be aware of. Perhaps not paranoid, but definitely aware.
I'll keep the nodding in mind--I think I usually just have characters nod (something else I realized I do more than I should, so I've tried to find other ways of gesturing the affirmative). I'll actually point both of these things out to my editor, though, so he can keep his eyes open for them.
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Date: 2007-05-01 01:55 pm (UTC)But yes, with numbers like that, it is something I need to be aware of. Perhaps not paranoid, but definitely aware.
I'll keep the nodding in mind--I think I usually just have characters nod (something else I realized I do more than I should, so I've tried to find other ways of gesturing the affirmative). I'll actually point both of these things out to my editor, though, so he can keep his eyes open for them.