Count on your fingers how many times you've come across this line:
"He had the body of a Greek god."
I try not to roll my eyes so hard in the back of my head because they might get stuck. But I'm so sick of this line. It is majorly played out. Of twenty or so stories I've read this week alone, about sixty percent used this line. The Greeks are not the only culture out there with myths and legends of gods and goddesses that exuded fitness and sex appeal . In fact, it's been proven they "borrowed without permission" gods and goddesses from other cultures that pre-dated them. With the amount of information on the internet it annoys me that no one takes the time to learn of other gods and goddesses besides the Greeks.
And which Greek gods are we talking about? Zeus who is more bear-mode due to age and status than Ares who has to run and slash and dice compared to Hermes who is busy running all over delivering messages and has a lean otter build. That line just serves to paint a broad brush over the character's physical description. A less cliche way to describe the character's physique could be "he's thick in all the right places," "his clothes were like a second skin wrapped around powerful muscles," "he was like a living statue of Adonis."
Anything! I beg you. With a cherry on top.
Writers are creatives. Stretch that creative muscle! 😁
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How to Irk a Reader as a Writer
HumorJust random thoughts about things that writers do that irk me as a reader. Fueled by caffeine, lack of sleep, or reaction to something I've read. Take none of this serious! Be offended at your own risk.
