The Average Girl Trick is one of the greatest tricks in Young Adult Lit. Why? Because most of us have fallen for it in one way or another. We are introduced to a character who is supposed to relate so well to us, that we in turn give the character a personality she does not have. There are some exceptions to this rule (Hermione Granger, Juliet ( Read more... )

So I originally made this video because I was going to do a fake-documentary about Mary-Sues. The term gets swung around so much that alot of people forget that on paper any character can be a Mary-Sue. Its how they are in the book that makes them a good or bad character. The term Mary-Sue may carry negative connotations, but that does not mean ( Read more... )