Have you ever thrown a dart that didn't have a pointed tip? Like you unscrew the weighted sharp metal tip, and just toss the feathered shaft?
Wanna know what happens?
It bounces off the target.
Now stick that pointed tip back on their and BOOM! It sinks deep into the target and stays.
So what's my, um ... point?
Your online dating profile descriptions need to have a pointed tip, so they stick in the reader's mind. And how do you do this? Images.Each thing you decides should be illustrated by a story or example(this is the weighted part of the dart) that contains ONE KEY IMAGE (This is the pointed tip of the dart).
See, people remember images much better than they remember anything else. So if you want to describe in your dating profile the trait of loyalty (the feathered shaft of the dart), then you need to illustrate it with an example (the weighted head of the dart that gives it heft), and, here is the critical part... that illustrated example must have one key image (the sharp point that sticks in the target).
An example? Sure.Let' say I wanted people reading mu online dating profile on Craigslist to know that I was athletic.
Stage one, the feathers of the dart: "I 'm athletic."
Ok, that defines the direction you are going, but is going to fall flat instantly.
Stage two, add the weight: "I work out at the gym every week."
Ah, that will make it fly a lot further.
Stage three, add the sharp point: "Sure my dingy green gym always seems to be filled with sweaty wrinkly old people, but I STILL WORK OUT EVERY WEAK."
Bam!
That image, although not the prettiest ever, will stick. They will forget that you are athletic, they will forget that you work out every week... but they will not forget your dingy green gym full of sweaty wrinkly old people!
WARNING:
You can overuse this technique!
You are NOT writing a cheesy romance novel. Don't add 4 syllable adjectives and adverbs to everything you talk about. This is lame and makes you look like a sleezebag. One key image, no more! And don't write cheese.