Characters
Someone who was beta reading my novel once made this comment in her email to me: "Wow, I didn't know Kara is bisexual. You should write more about that, otherwise how will people know?"
And as I was trying to write a reply, all I could think was "Uh..." and "Um..." and "...er?"
Because my character's sexuality has nothing to do with anything. It's part of who she is. Her eyes are light blue. She's very pale. She's studying medicine. She's had a couple of girlfriends in the past. Next!
Can I ask you a question, LJ friends? Do you think it matters? Do you care? When you read stories or watch shows and characters casually mention their non-heterosexuality, do you even think about it?
Also, I just did a Find through my novel's Word Document, and I cannot find the scene in which Kara casually mentions "one of my old girlfriends" - and it puzzles me, because I know damn well I wrote it.
And as I was trying to write a reply, all I could think was "Uh..." and "Um..." and "...er?"
Because my character's sexuality has nothing to do with anything. It's part of who she is. Her eyes are light blue. She's very pale. She's studying medicine. She's had a couple of girlfriends in the past. Next!
Can I ask you a question, LJ friends? Do you think it matters? Do you care? When you read stories or watch shows and characters casually mention their non-heterosexuality, do you even think about it?
Also, I just did a Find through my novel's Word Document, and I cannot find the scene in which Kara casually mentions "one of my old girlfriends" - and it puzzles me, because I know damn well I wrote it.