In a Fight against Mary Sues.

EDIT: this post has become redundant since DA deleted these wonderful articles because of new laws they put in place about using extracts from other works and since the articles use extracts from bad fan fiction to show their point.. they were destroyed. It was very sad.

I came across this Great series of Deviant Art articles on the subject of avoiding your character becoming a mary sue.

they are brilliant. read them. now.


http://news.deviantart.com/article/81533/
http://news.deviantart.com/article/84650/
http://news.deviantart.com/article/104556/

I think if one reads this, with the ideas of good character development in mind. it can be really helpful.

Character Development: Character Roles, Relationships and Personality

Character creation and development happens to be my one favourite creative activity. It is something that overlaps the writing and art world, and I can spend hours on it. Which is why, not surprisingly I have many original characters. But I still love creating more, and the wonderful thing about characters is that with enough imagination there are endless possibilities of what you can create.

This Blog entry focuses on the questions you should ask yourself when deciding the role, personality and relationships of a character and how that relates to plot.