: Re: Should I describe a person or a room first? If you are introducing a new character and a new location, both are going to be involved for a while, which description should I put first? The

@Shanna875

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This is mostly dependent upon your character:

Has your character seen this room before?

I know you say it is a new location, but is that just to the reader or to the reader and character?

If this is a familiar place that the main character loves, they are going to describe the room first to show the importance of it to them.

If it isn't a familiar place, the room might be described first still. However, what is more interesting, what stands out more to your character? That's what they are going to talk about first. Does this new character have purple hair and they are sitting in a fancy restaurant. The person with purple hair is what you'd see first. But if it's a student lounge and a person has purple hair, they aren't going to stand out as much against the bustle of people and likely other interesting looking people.

So to reiterate the two parts and things to think about:

Does the location mean anything to your character?

If yes, describe location first.

If no:

Does the location or the character stand out more?

If character, describe them first, if location describe them first.

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