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2024-01-25 07:53:20

John Howes on Nostr: #writerscoffeeclub Jan 25: How do you feel about writers who write outside of their ...

#writerscoffeeclub Jan 25: How do you feel about writers who write outside of their gender/sexuality/race etc?

As long as you respect all of your audience, it's fine. That's what imagination is for.

In a future fantasy series I aim to have a lesbian protagonist. I would like to use a sensitivity reader to ensure I portray the character and relationships accurately.

I'm not ok with lazy stereotypes and tropes, e.g. bury your gays.

The prompt was inspired by this:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/21/american-dirt-controversy-trauma-jeanine-cummins
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