I've been writing YA novel, but I'm scared of making my character too Mary Sue. The story is about a princess that is sent to the enemy country...
I think we writers do a disservice to ourselves by acting like we are too good to write a Mary Sue. Maybe you are. I'm not. I like Mary Sues, and...
Title says it all, I hear this is something we want to avoid, a character that is too powerful and takes the fun away from everything. I have 2...
These are my results from the Mary Sue Test I took:...
Hello Writing-Community, I think everyone knows it. You wrote a spectacular, awesome story. However, something sounds wrong.—It’s the character!...
Well, I've hit a mental roadbloack. Whether or not that has to do with my current life predicament and emotional state, I don't know, but I'm...
Bare with me here I this is kind of long and I'm stuck. How do you avoid creating this type of cliche character people will hate....
I find this concept very hard to understand. Please help me.
First, let me say that I hate Mary-Sues. Hate. I loathe them with every fiber of my being. The last thing I've ever wanted is to write one myself....
I'm in the process of creating my characters and want to make sure I properly avoid making them mary sues or gary stus. Right now I'm...
I'm fairly new to poetry, I usually spend my time writing short stories. That said, I absolutely love poetry and lately I have been attempting to...
I'm not really sure where this fits, so I thought I'd place it here :) This is my first time posting here. Hi there, I'm a 14 year old boy from...
Hello guys, For the past 6 months I have been writing a script, but I have faced a big question in my head. The play is named “Light” , the...
And if it is, how can i fix it? And it is said by many, that by the Witch King's magic, in reward for William's righteousness and moral...
I've never been good at introducing myself, but I'll do my best. If my username didn't give it away, my name is Mary. I've been writing since I...
After finishing the first draft on a shorter story of mine, novella sized in other words, I noticed something odd. My MC shares a lot of the same...
Two things bother me whilst reading, or when I'm on this forum. One, is when the antag is merely a hollow hateable shell that just kind of wants...
Hey, I'm new to writing and have been advised to read Stephen King 'On Writing' "I was stunned by Mary Karr’s memoir, The Liars’ Club. Not...
Right, I have a question for you guys. In a new story im making, I'm having a little bit of trouble creating a name for the heroine/protaganist....
When you get someone with a big broken ego, who's a big procrastinator, who wants to become a big name author, you get someone like me. My name...
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