How on earth do you describe physical pain

I don't think a person's mouth would foam. XD That sounds more like a cliche example of a cartoon with rabies.

Druling, yes. Relaxed lips, yes. But foaming?

I seem to be having issues that word, so I shall leave, lol. I know you were helping.

ok...but 1 time I got tazered, not on purpose, My mouth foamed and it hurt like a son of a B@%^*!!!

try looking up things that hurt on wikipedia or something, and then think about the descriptions and see if you can imagine what they would feel like. then write down random words or sentences that you think would describe the pain you think a person would feel. feel free to pm me if you have any more questions, or want a review or something!

hope this helps!
~Leanne

I have an active imagination...

The character in my story is basically dying, very painfully, so it's become fairly easy to describe pain.

Let me see. Use metaphors. You know, fire, needles, acid, ice, thorns, nails. Metaphors are great. They relate the feeling to something familiar, something we can understand and relate to. Also, use colorful verbs. "Agony seared through my bones." "Pain sliced at my lungs." Stuff like that.

Hope I helped!

Squz posted that quite a long time ago, for something that is almost definitely over now.

Unless it's one long contest...

*shrug* oh well. who knows when someone else might need to know how to torture their character?

I'm sure everyone experiences pain sometime in their life so it should be possible to imagine. Although of course there is good chance you haven't gone through pain that matches what happens to the characters. Also, pain is usually more than just physical, there are also emotional and psychological elements to it. If you get what I mean

Brainstorm for a while, write down words ascosciated with pain, such as : stinging, burning, throbbing, dull, agony, etc
and things that people do when in pain : writhing, screaming, doubling over, gasping, clutching wounded body parts, etc

then, put them together

Hope my advice helps

XxxDo

I agree with Boing! You don't have to describe it entirely. But if someone touches a bruise, say something like a soft twinge/needle/etc. of pain shot through me. You can't really describe pain if you're injured freshly. When you're hurt bad, you usually don't think about how bad it hurts. That would make the character a spoiled baby.

here;s what i do.

i go, get a pen and paper, and listen to some hardcore emo music while writing down the words that come to mind...

let your mind wander and have a thesaurus.

do this for 15 minutes and you'll get some sweet-o words