Hey Govinda, I've got something I want to run by you since this is the thread for addressing things needing to be improved in writing. The matter on my mind is something that I see when I'm reading stories online and I wanted to know if you think this is a problem or if I'm just being weird. It is a writing style that I've come to call Pronoun-phobia.

Simply put, I notice that writers have a tendency not to write a characters name or he/she when they are either doing dialogue speakers or just character actions. They'll go into physical descriptions of the character as though they feel the need to repeatedly re-enforce the appearance of a character in every single paragraph.

Examples:

"What are you doing," said the dark brown haired boy.

The effeminate boy laughed slightly seeing their friend fall in the water.

The emerald eyed girl smiled back.

I can understand them wanting to infrequently remind readers what their character's appearances are, but I see this sort of pattern throughout an entire chapter. Thankfully, some of the cases I've seen they at least vary up the descriptors, but even still it's the same pattern (I have literally seen someone repeatedly use "effeminate" to describe someone like twenty times in a chapter making me cry almost). It is like they are afraid of saying their character's name or he/she as though it is overused or something.

I think some of it may stem from the mind set of trying not to repeat one's self too much in a chapter. There is the case of not starting every sentence with the same word or paragraph. So I think it may come from the notion that saying he or she too much is a bad thing. However, they go overboard and end up doing the same thing, but with heavy amount of descriptors.

So what are your thoughts on this Govinda? Do you think this is a problem or I'm just being too picky?