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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-08-17 01:14 pm

[ SECRET POST #2419 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2419 ⌋

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Notes:

Way early because taking dog to the vet. :c

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My experience, and advice.

(Anonymous) 2013-08-17 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I used to have trouble writing females when I was younger mostly because of fear, because it seemed like females got accused of being Mary Sues and from what I had seen online if you wrote a Mary Sue people online pretty much treated you like you were lower than dirt and the most pathetic person ever. Being a bullied kid with serious self esteem problems, well I didn't need shit in my place of escaping.

But I got older, I studied writing and educated myself on what a Mary Sue was. I gained some self esteem and confidence.

But eh that's just my experience. Yours is probably different. I eventually learned to create female characters and male characters by simply not dividing character traits as male and female. Just think of them as people who happen to be [gender]. Once you start thinking that way it becomes less hard.

Also keeping in mind there are a variety of ways to show that trait. You can have two honest people one who is honest, practical , and dependable,and generally seems like an outgoing hardworking and maternal type (Team Mom to reference a trope) and one who is stubborn, sometimes too bluntly honest, keeps to himself , and generally seems to keep to himself and study a lot. Two different people with one shared trait who even show the trait they share in a different way. If that example made any sense.