How to write an OC without Mary Sue
How to write a credible Oc
The High school girls or how to write a credible OC character for a fan fiction story
Her name is Wendy Smith. She is sixteen years old and visits the local high school. Her eyes are green and her hair is light brown with dyed red strands /high lights. She's 1,65 cm tall and weighs 57 kg. Her favorite subjects are music and art , she's quite good at both and hopes to study art at the university or become famous with her band in which she is the drummer. But she also plans to become a nurse, in case she won't become a drummer or artist. She likes to party with her friends, but is far from being an "it girl", because her single parent mother doesn't earn much money as a secretary. She sometimes visits her father at the weekends and has a good relationship with him. She dreams of getting married to her boyfriend and have a family one day.
> Wendy is the average girl next door that a reader can and want to identify with. Most readers seem to be Wendys. A Wendy might secretly dream of being a Eugenia as well and feel sorry for a Betty. So you 're the best Wendy, when you use yourself as a model for the character. The problem is that a Wendy often isn't such an interesting character, because what you have every day is not new and exciting.
Her best friend is Betty Combs, who is overweight, not really good at school, stutters and lives in a trailer park. Her hobby is reading mangas and writing fan fiction for them and she dreams of becoming an author of manga stories one day. But most of the time she watches soap operas on TV. She also likes video games. Her parents work or argue with each other, but don't pay attention to her. She smokes, drinks a lot and has a tattoo that she got illegally. She is a potential school drop out She might end up as a criminal in prison or in the streets being an alcoholic. Betty is the bad influence on Wendy, that her parents don't like.
>Betty (ugly betty) is the loser and "anti -Sue" that you might find in a tragedy being an anti hero. The reader will feel sorry for her, but not wish to be like her. If she overcomes her problems, a reader will like it , because it shows that there is still hope for everybody. Betty turning into a Wendy would be a happy ending, but if she turned into a Mary Sue(from zero to hero) it won't be credible. A few readers might be Bettys, very likely dreaming of being a Eugenia. "Rosanne" from the show "Rosanne" is a Betty/Wendy-mix or "Ugly Betty" herself.
Both hate Eugenia Theresa Vanderbilt. She is the captain of the cheerleaders and always dressed with the latest fashion. She looks like a starlet herself and often took part in model contests in her free time. Her parents are rich and they spend their holydays abroad. She is a good student, but lazy. She is more interested in boys, parties, shopping and her looks than in school. Her parents gave her a pony for her birthday. She might become an actress in a daily soap, because her parents know the right people. Eugenia dislikes Wendy for being average, Betty for being ugly and uneducated and Alexandra for being much more intelligent than her. Her worst case scenario is to be used as a one night stand by many men, but being lonely and alone despite her popularity.
>Eugenia is the hated Mary Sue, because she's good looking , capable and always gets what she wants , even if her parents or anybody else has to buy it for her. A reader might secretly envy her or wishes to be like her, but won't admit it. If the reader dislikes her, she/he will like her failing, but if she/he liked her, he /she will be disappointed. A Mary Sue could turn into a Wendy or Anti-Sue without being incredible and becoming more popular by such a change. > From hero to zero. An even smaller minority of the readers might be Eugenias. "Fran Fine", the Nanny from "The Nanny named Fran" is a good example of a Wendy/Eugenia mix ,or "Hanna Montana", "Buffy, the vampire slayer",or "Samantha" from "Sex and the City" or any Canon Sue.
Alexandra Whiteman is very interested in science and plays chess in her free time She won a math competition at the age of ten. Her IQ is higher than 130 and she joined Mensa at the age of 12. She isn't interested in fashion, movies, video games or pop /rock music, but in writing computer programs, reading classic literature and listening to opera. She also plays the piano at professional level. She plans to become a university professor one day and dreams of winning the noble price. She is always on her own, because nobody understands her.
> Alexandra is the nerd-wunderkind-workaholic that hardly anybody can identify with. None of the readers will be like that, maybe one person at best. A Wendy might want to be like that, but never a Betty or Eugenia. "Dana Scully" from "the X-files" is a Wendy/Alexandra mix and "Wesley Crusher" from "Star Trek- the next Generation" is the best example of that character type. Also "Gaius Baltar" from Battlestar Galactica or "Herbert West" from the RE-Animator movies or any "mad scientist -villain" is like that.
If you want to write a realistic character, a take a lot of Wendy, add some Betty and a little bit of Eugenia and only a tiny bit of Alexandra. Then it's cool ! You may of course add fandom specific aspects like superpowers in fantasy/comic genre or any kind of skills that come with the genre you are writing for. Imitate the canon characters as well as possible.
The High school girls or how to write a credible OC character for a fan fiction story
Her name is Wendy Smith. She is sixteen years old and visits the local high school. Her eyes are green and her hair is light brown with dyed red strands /high lights. She's 1,65 cm tall and weighs 57 kg. Her favorite subjects are music and art , she's quite good at both and hopes to study art at the university or become famous with her band in which she is the drummer. But she also plans to become a nurse, in case she won't become a drummer or artist. She likes to party with her friends, but is far from being an "it girl", because her single parent mother doesn't earn much money as a secretary. She sometimes visits her father at the weekends and has a good relationship with him. She dreams of getting married to her boyfriend and have a family one day.
> Wendy is the average girl next door that a reader can and want to identify with. Most readers seem to be Wendys. A Wendy might secretly dream of being a Eugenia as well and feel sorry for a Betty. So you 're the best Wendy, when you use yourself as a model for the character. The problem is that a Wendy often isn't such an interesting character, because what you have every day is not new and exciting.
Her best friend is Betty Combs, who is overweight, not really good at school, stutters and lives in a trailer park. Her hobby is reading mangas and writing fan fiction for them and she dreams of becoming an author of manga stories one day. But most of the time she watches soap operas on TV. She also likes video games. Her parents work or argue with each other, but don't pay attention to her. She smokes, drinks a lot and has a tattoo that she got illegally. She is a potential school drop out She might end up as a criminal in prison or in the streets being an alcoholic. Betty is the bad influence on Wendy, that her parents don't like.
>Betty (ugly betty) is the loser and "anti -Sue" that you might find in a tragedy being an anti hero. The reader will feel sorry for her, but not wish to be like her. If she overcomes her problems, a reader will like it , because it shows that there is still hope for everybody. Betty turning into a Wendy would be a happy ending, but if she turned into a Mary Sue(from zero to hero) it won't be credible. A few readers might be Bettys, very likely dreaming of being a Eugenia. "Rosanne" from the show "Rosanne" is a Betty/Wendy-mix or "Ugly Betty" herself.
Both hate Eugenia Theresa Vanderbilt. She is the captain of the cheerleaders and always dressed with the latest fashion. She looks like a starlet herself and often took part in model contests in her free time. Her parents are rich and they spend their holydays abroad. She is a good student, but lazy. She is more interested in boys, parties, shopping and her looks than in school. Her parents gave her a pony for her birthday. She might become an actress in a daily soap, because her parents know the right people. Eugenia dislikes Wendy for being average, Betty for being ugly and uneducated and Alexandra for being much more intelligent than her. Her worst case scenario is to be used as a one night stand by many men, but being lonely and alone despite her popularity.
>Eugenia is the hated Mary Sue, because she's good looking , capable and always gets what she wants , even if her parents or anybody else has to buy it for her. A reader might secretly envy her or wishes to be like her, but won't admit it. If the reader dislikes her, she/he will like her failing, but if she/he liked her, he /she will be disappointed. A Mary Sue could turn into a Wendy or Anti-Sue without being incredible and becoming more popular by such a change. > From hero to zero. An even smaller minority of the readers might be Eugenias. "Fran Fine", the Nanny from "The Nanny named Fran" is a good example of a Wendy/Eugenia mix ,or "Hanna Montana", "Buffy, the vampire slayer",or "Samantha" from "Sex and the City" or any Canon Sue.
Alexandra Whiteman is very interested in science and plays chess in her free time She won a math competition at the age of ten. Her IQ is higher than 130 and she joined Mensa at the age of 12. She isn't interested in fashion, movies, video games or pop /rock music, but in writing computer programs, reading classic literature and listening to opera. She also plays the piano at professional level. She plans to become a university professor one day and dreams of winning the noble price. She is always on her own, because nobody understands her.
> Alexandra is the nerd-wunderkind-workaholic that hardly anybody can identify with. None of the readers will be like that, maybe one person at best. A Wendy might want to be like that, but never a Betty or Eugenia. "Dana Scully" from "the X-files" is a Wendy/Alexandra mix and "Wesley Crusher" from "Star Trek- the next Generation" is the best example of that character type. Also "Gaius Baltar" from Battlestar Galactica or "Herbert West" from the RE-Animator movies or any "mad scientist -villain" is like that.
If you want to write a realistic character, a take a lot of Wendy, add some Betty and a little bit of Eugenia and only a tiny bit of Alexandra. Then it's cool ! You may of course add fandom specific aspects like superpowers in fantasy/comic genre or any kind of skills that come with the genre you are writing for. Imitate the canon characters as well as possible.