Bravado ✧ A Guide To Faceclaims

FACECLAIMS

We've all done it.

We've had a great idea for a story. The main character is vibrant, funny, smart, brave.... the plot is unique and you can't wait to start writing.

So you do. You write and write and write, and before long you have two or three chapters.

The only problem is the faceclaim.

But you're tired from all that writing and you just want to publish and then go to sleep (possibly for a few years).

So you choose a faceclaim everyone's heard of. You pick Nina Dobrev, because she has loads of gifs and is pretty much relevant to every character.

Or you choose Holland Roden, because you love Lydia in Teen Wolf and she's the first person that pops into your head.

Or maybe you want a younger looking faceclaim, but you don't really know any, so you just pick Danielle Campbell or Willa Holland and leave it at that.

The problem is that even if you do have the best character in the world, and your plot is interesting and unique, and your writing is great and so is your grammar, if you have a bad faceclaim then some readers will be put off your story.

At this point, I've seen so many books with Nina Dobrev as the faceclaim that if I see a book with her face on the cover, I'll probably not even click on it to see the description.

I know not all people do that. In fact, I'm in the minority. (Actually I'm probably the only person who does this. But whatever, you're losing me as a reader.)

But still. Don't you want your story to be unique and perfect?

So you have to find a faceclaim that fits your character, and not just choose one based on who everyone likes or who pops into your head first.

So scroll down. Because I'm about to show you a whole lot of unique (or at least rarely used) faceclaims for your story.

xxx quicksilvers