Reusable frameworks

14 Disgust Description Templates

Start with structure, then replace every placeholder with information that is true, relevant, and natural for your context. These templates are intentionally skeletal so your final writing does not sound mass-produced.

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How to personalize a template

A strong disgust description identifies the stimulus, shows the character’s specific sensory or evaluative response, and makes the resulting avoidance, refusal, judgment, or action matter to the scene without relying on one universal grimace.

  1. 1
    Choose the template closest to your actual purpose.
  2. 2
    Replace every bracketed field with specific information.
  3. 3
    Delete any sentence that does not belong in your situation.
  4. 4
    Read the result aloud for unnatural transitions or repeated phrasing.
  5. 5
    Verify names, dates, links, facts, and promises before sending or publishing.
Disgust Description Template 1
Disgust trigger
Stimulus: [x]
Type: sensory / moral / mixed
Specific response: [x]
Action/refusal: [x]
Consequence: [x]
Disgust Description Template 2
Sensory control
Relevant sense: [x]
One precise detail: [x]
What the character does: [x]
What to omit: [x]
Disgust Description Template 3
Moral disgust
Value violated: [x]
Evidence: [x]
Judgment: [x]
Choice: [x]
Disgust Description Template 4
Generic → specific
Generic: [x]
Trigger: [x]
Specific reaction: [x]
Revised line: [x]
Disgust Description Template 5
Evidence/support and mastery ladder for Disgust Description: minimum acceptable → [ ]; strong → [ ]; expert → [ ]; audience/genre constraint → [ ]; evidence or story support → [ ]; boundary that would require a different technique → [ ].
Disgust Description Template 6
Certainty and expert-exception audit for Disgust Description: statement or choice → [ ]; evidence/canon/authority supporting it → [ ]; confidence level → [ ]; uncertainty that must be named → [ ]; expert exception → [ ]; nearest alternative technique → [ ]; why the final choice fits better → [ ].
Disgust Description Template 7
Purpose-and-verification decision audit for Disgust Description: real writing job → [ ]; plausible choice A → [ ]; plausible choice B → [ ]; downstream consequence of each → [ ]; facts/evidence/canon to verify → [ ]; reader or genre boundary → [ ]; final purpose-fit reason → [ ].
Disgust Description Template 8
Publication-readiness audit for Disgust Description: claim/advice/example → [ ]; strongest available source tier → [ ]; important disagreement or uncertainty → [ ]; what would change the conclusion → [ ]; publish now / qualify / revise / hold → [ ]; final verifier or source of truth → [ ].
Disgust Description Template 9
Provenance and classification audit for Disgust Description: draft statement/example → [ ]; classify as fact / interpretation / recommendation / convention / original example → [ ]; source or internal provenance → [ ]; source date / version / checked date → [ ]; attribution needed → [ ]; recency risk → [ ]; final publishable wording → [ ].
Disgust Description Template 10
Source-record and update audit for Disgust Description: statement / example → [ ]; external fact, project fact, interpretation, recommendation, convention, or original example → [ ]; controlling first-party / primary source → [ ]; secondary source if used → [ ]; source record / locator → [ ]; date or version checked → [ ]; update trigger → [ ]; publish / qualify / revise / hold → [ ].
Disgust Description Template 11
Source-ledger and revision-history audit for Disgust Description: claim / recommendation / example → [ ]; source or project record ID → [ ]; source status active / superseded / corrected / retracted / retired → [ ]; claim-level last verified date/version → [ ]; event that triggered recheck → [ ]; correction / withdrawal action → [ ]; reader-facing disclosure needed? → [ ]; what changed and why → [ ]; prior wording/version retained at → [ ].
Disgust Description Template 12
Claim/source status audit: Item [claim/source/example] | Status [active / review due / stale / corrected / retracted / superseded] | Controlling source/version [x] | Last verified [date/version] | Stale trigger [x] | Correction severity [0–3] | Reader disclosure [none / note / correction / withdrawal] | Changelog entry [what changed + why].
Disgust Description Template 13
Dependency and propagation audit: Claim / example / recommendation [x] | Controlling source / project record [x] | Dependency strength [direct / shared / advisory / independent] | Review trigger / reason code [x] | Needs-review scope [local / direct dependents / cluster] | Replacement source requirements [x] | Carry-forward decision [x] | Propagation targets [x] | Reader disclosure / changelog action [x].
Disgust Description Template 14
Persistent editorial registry audit: Topic slug → [ ]; claim UID/key → [ ]; source UID/key → [ ]; dependency UID + strength → [ ]; source status/version → [ ]; open review UID/reason/priority → [ ]; replacement source if any → [ ]; reviewer + resolution → [ ].