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To build on the answers that have mentioned movies and TV series, my issue with learning writing from visual media is the old adage "a picture is worth 1000 words", but which words do I write for that picture?

Answer: Descriptive Audio

Descriptive audio is another audio track added to movies or TV series, primarily for visual-impairment accessibility, that intersperses character dialogue with a narrator's description of the scene. I find that it helps me bridge the distance between what I'm seeing and how I can describe it, with the benefit of the narration being fluidly blended with dialogue.

A lot of streaming services (e.g., Netflix, Hulu) offer descriptive audio as an option with a lot of series or movies and most (all? I'm not sure of the accessibility requirements for movie theaters, especially outside of the U.S.) offer a descriptive audio showing of movies (though they tend to be at very inaccessible times like 2 PM on a Wednesday, go figure...)

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: Context will make this clear. If it doesnt yet, add enough context. For example you could mention earlier who has perfectly arranged hair of the two. Besides that, there is more subtile context.

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: How to build suspense or so to establish and justify xenophobia of characters in the eyes of the reader? I am asking this as a general thing, be it a race that is never seen but heard about

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: Context will make this clear. If it doesnt yet, add enough context. For example you could mention earlier who has perfectly arranged hair of the two. Besides that, there is more subtile context.

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