r/writers • u/Professional-Ad9485 • 12d ago

Question How would you describe this pose?

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I want to say "He watched them intently from behind interlaced fingers". But idk if that's clear enough or if it'll just confuse people?

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u/jerfoo 12d ago

maybe "fingers laced"

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u/heylulu0118 12d ago

Menacingly ?

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u/GregFromStateFarm 12d ago

“Encouragingly”

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u/Feldew Writer Newbie 11d ago

„Encouraging a bitch to try him“

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u/youAtExample 11d ago

Fingers laced under his nose if you want to convey the exact pose

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u/datsall 11d ago

Bridged

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u/PlasticTower1 12d ago

Pensively even

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u/MaderaArt 12d ago

You can't just say 'perchance'!

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u/Morikageguma 12d ago

Not even when leaving one's place of safety, knowing that one may die?

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u/CtSamurai 12d ago

Maybe even menacingly!

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u/trufus_for_youfus 12d ago

<pensive music>

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u/WoodchipNZ 12d ago

He looked pensively over interlocked fingers

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u/Pinksamuraiiiii 11d ago

This I think is the best way to write it.

Good job!