Ways to Show Nervousness That Do not Rely on Skin Color

@absolutelynotclassicusernam-blog asks:Hello,Your post about blushing has been a great help to me, especially the suggestion that blushing need not be the default way to show embarrassment and the list of other ways a writer might do it. Do you by any chance have a similar post about nervousness and the frequent use of a character turning pale when they are nervous? In the specific instance I am currently writing my character is from India, but any advice you have for any character of color would be welcome.Thank you. Why, yes, let me undust my Emotion Thesaurus! I will provide a quoted list from the handy book at the end of this post, but here are some other things to keep in mind.Portraying nervousness Nervousness often shows up in how people move. As opposed to going still, they generally get physical, jittery, and jerky. Think of their movements. Such as:Hand movements (e.g., twiddling thumbs, fingers shaking, scratching head and neck)Leg movements (Think a jittery leg, bouncing a…