Wendy Palmer on Nostr: #WritersCoffeeClub #Writing 25 How do you feel about writers who write outside of ...
#WritersCoffeeClub #Writing 25 How do you feel about writers who write outside of their gender/sexuality/race etc?
I have *lots* of complicated feelings on this one, I could write an essay…
All right, I’m going to write an essay.
Firstly, as many other responders have said, it’d be pretty dull if I only wrote characters that reflected my cisgender straight(ish) white abled female self. I think representation is essential, and the more books get banned, the more bannable characters I want to put in my books. My MC for my current WIP is trans for exactly that reason, because Fuck You Moms For Liberty.
But!
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I have *lots* of complicated feelings on this one, I could write an essay…
All right, I’m going to write an essay.
Firstly, as many other responders have said, it’d be pretty dull if I only wrote characters that reflected my cisgender straight(ish) white abled female self. I think representation is essential, and the more books get banned, the more bannable characters I want to put in my books. My MC for my current WIP is trans for exactly that reason, because Fuck You Moms For Liberty.
But!
🧵