More on the Mary-Sue and the Marty-Stu and How Not to Create One
If an author is fretting about having created a Mary-Sue or Marty-Stu, then the chances are probably that she or he hasn’t. The attitude of
September 14, 2022
If an author is fretting about having created a Mary-Sue or Marty-Stu, then the chances are probably that she or he hasn’t. The attitude of
In my last post, I was talking about my new fledged writer friend being upset at the savagery of a one star review (though she
Laughs are at a premium these days, what with the pandemic still going on as a second Christmas approaches.That being so, I thought I’d use
Re-reading my favourite novel by Margaret Atwood, ‘Bodily Harm’, made me wonder, as I have done before, whether or not you have to identify strongly
When writing tales of terror, it can be difficult to keep balanced along the thin line between the terrifying and the ludicrous –
In my last post, I wrote about the realistic – and fairly dismal – depiction of a governess’ life in the England of the
I first read HG Well’s ‘The Time Machine’ in my early twenties, more years ago than I care to admit. My impression of it then
In an earlier post, I discussed how Elizabeth Gaskell used a particular character type – suely largely based on her lost and beloved brother –
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