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Showing vs. Telling Character Traits: the Mary Sue Factor

Posted on June 15, 2015 by J. Sevick

“Show, don’t tell” is one of the tried and true cliches of writing advice (along with “Write what you know”). Both of these tidbits have a basis in sound advice, and both of them can regularly be ignored for the … Continue reading →

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Wish Fulfillment and the Mary Sue–Part Two

Posted on February 23, 2014 by J. Sevick

This is a follow-up to this post, which ends with the question: Can you write about wish fulfillment without creating a Mary Sue character? These are just some of my thoughts on the issue… The first and easiest way to … Continue reading →

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Wish Fulfillment and the Mary Sue–Part One

Posted on February 18, 2014 by J. Sevick

Sometimes a work has wish fulfillment as a byproduct of the story (either within the work or within the fandom of that work), and sometimes the wish fulfillment is very much the center of the story. Sometimes the wish fulfillment … Continue reading →

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