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⌈ Secret Post #3245 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Writing Dilemma

[(Anonymous)]

You're overthinking this.

Two issues here: 1) You seem to feel like you need a certain number of people per gender/race/sexuality/etc. and 2) You're worried about writing stereotypes.

As far as 1) goes, you don't have to fill a quota, you know? It's more important to pay attention to your unconscious biases when it comes to creating characters.

As an example, a friend and I are co-writing a thing, and we were bandying about creating a mentor character for our MC. I asked for a name suggestion, and she came up with a bunch of guys' names, to which I said "oh, I wanted a woman actually??" And she had a moment of "ugh" because that's what an unconscious bias is - you think "older, experienced, wiser, leader" and you think it's got to be a guy. Same deal for other minorities.

Be aware of those biases and work to get past them

Now, as for 2). A stereotype is only harmful if it plays into negative associations. An ugly person being the bad guy is a harmful stereotype. A gay man being a sexual predator is a harmful stereotype. That's the sort of thing to be worried about. A butch lesbian blacksmith is not a harmful stereotype if she gets to be an actual person. If she gets to have her own independent hopes and dreams, and the agency to act on them, you don't have to be so concerned about whether she happens to fit a stereotype or not - because she won't look like one, she'll just be another awesome character.