[ SECRET POST #3371 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3371 ⌋

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Comments

Re: How do I NOT Write a Mary-Sue?

[(Anonymous)]

Do you really need an OC for the role? Have you reviewed your canon cast and previous guest cast to make sure there is nobody in there that could carry the role? Often making that small alteration, to make it a pre-existing character, will save so many Mary Sue tales.

If you write an OC then you will have to come up with a reason why the cast would accept them into their inner click, and why they would do so without however many years worth of shared background. It is less a matter of making a character, than it is having a reason why this character should fit in with a regular cast and why they should accept them without being suspicious. You need shared background, maybe even a few incident-of-the-week plots before moving onto your main plot (but not just sliding them into an existing plot and having them stand from the sidelines and give a few lines while the canon is repeated verbatim around them). Focus on why the character fits in, and then you'll find the character themselves. Maybe make them a transgirl, or a different ethnicity, or both, if that helps. Avoid another perky white girl, no canon needs more of those.