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Diversifying Characters
Yesterday I realized that I very little to no diversity of characters in my writing. Almost all of them are straight Caucasians. I want to fix this, but I have two problems:
ONE: I don't really have any friends of other ethnicity or race or sexuality other than my own, so I have no experience with the differences in culture or thoughts. This makes me afraid to try branching out, for fear of misrepresentation. I go to a very small private school so I have extremely limited access to other cultures.
TWO: I don't want to feel like I'm checking off a list. You know how sometimes in TV shows or movies where they introduce a bunch of characters and it feels forced because they don't have those characters people might give them a bad time? I don't want that.
So can you guys help me? I want to better my writing, but I'm not really sure how to handle this problem.
submitted by General Waffleson, age -455, The Breakfast Kingdom!
(October 21, 2018 - 7:11 am)
(October 21, 2018 - 7:11 am)
Like Stardust said, if you're going to mention race, mention everyone's race. Becky Albertalli is pretty good at that, and Adam Silvera. Like, say "A white guy with long hair on a bicycle sped by" if you're going to say, "A black girl holding a potted plant swayed to the music." (Yeah, I don't know why she has a plant either.)
(October 23, 2018 - 5:28 pm)
Ah, I just read They Both Die At The End and it's sooo good!
(October 28, 2018 - 4:24 pm)
The code is AFGKIFDB .
~Starseeker
(October 24, 2018 - 1:05 pm)