[ SECRET POST #3115 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3115 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Tom Selleck]


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03.
[Kylie Bunbury]


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[My Life as a Teenage Robot]


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[The Raid 2]


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[Ore Monogatari]


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[noel fielding]


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[Matsumoto Jun, Arashi]


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[The Quiz Broadcast (That Mitchell and Webb Look)]








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Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 027 secrets from Secret Submission Post #445.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Question Thread

[(Anonymous)]

The problem is that nobody can tell whether or not your story will work regardless of its "unfortunate implications" just by a plot description alone. We can't tell how well you've used your setting and characters, or the cultures you've portrayed in your story. All you can do is think about some of the critiques writers who write stories like this often face.

* Does your universe draw from real life cultures? Do you do it with a knowledge and understanding of what they're like, or have you used it as an exotic seasoning for your fantasy story?

* Is your story set in Africa/South America, but all the main characters are white?

* If you have POC characters, are they cliched tropes (i.e. Magical Negro/Asian/Native American, etc.?) or complex, well rounded people who have flaws as well as strengths?

* Take a look at this: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RaceTropes - Does any of that sound familiar? This is not to say that you have to avoid every single trope, but it's smart to be aware of what you're writing and what tropes you're using, even if only to subvert them.

Those are just a few things to consider. It sounds daunting and I'm sure lots of people are wary of writing stories like the ones you mentioned because of it, but honestly, this is just part of being a good writer. Even if your story was all about white people in a magical white people land, you'd still have to address very similar issues if you wanted to write a good story.