I can't believe that I forgot about height. This is a huge problem area for me. All of my characters are above average height. Harley's mixed heritage makes me love her more.
i use to write all my characters short for some reason and now they're all average height. i feel like in my head if i say a character is short they're a midget and if i say tall they're a giant so i have to readjust.
Agreed on the lesbian front. I am toying with making one of my main female characters a lesbian for that very reason. It's very unusual--in fact, I can't recall ever reading a book with one in it. Maybe I'm forgetting something, but nothing's jumping out at me right now.
i've only read one book that had a lesbian character in which the main focus was not the said character being a lesbian. i definitely need to create a lesbian character as well!
I don't think that Indian is a race? I think Indian people tend to identify as either Caucasian or even Asian.
sexuality - bisexual / gay ~ he is still sorting things out
I know that you love coming out stories but as a bisexual myself I hope that you either make him bisexual or "bi-gay" at the end, because I feel that bisexuals rarely get any spotlight or understanding from the general population and therefore any writing about the gay coming out experience using the term "bisexual" can be misleading to non-bisexuals and can make bisexuals feel misunderstood yet again. (I'm sure you've heard me cry about this a million times. lol. But here's one more.)
all of my characters have an average or thin body type with only one character (nikolas) being above average height and one (dawn) being below average height, one being below average weight and none being over weight. and average isn't even the politically correct word, below average i should say.I think that "real" body types are more important and diversifying than just thin/
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I've always seen Indian as a race! Avery and Dawn's parents are from Indian so I think the culture would still be very heavy in their household, despite being raised in an upper-middle class American enviroment which is why they still feel Indian and no Caucasian. I'm curious now, I'll have to google to see what the majority of Indian-Americans identify as.
I am a sucker for a coming-out story. He will definitely be one way or another at the end of it. I feel like no matter what I call him though most readers will see him as gay if he ends up with a guy and straight if he ends up with a girl. It's unfortunate. Might try and develop Speck more tonight.
I meant that Indian is an ethnicity, since India is a country. Caucasian and Asian are races. But maybe I'm wrong! I've just never heard an Indian person consider Indian to be their race.
I feel like no matter what I call him though most readers will see him as gay if he ends up with a guy and straight if he ends up with a girl.
But that's a testament to the reader's prejudice. It's ultimately up to you and not the reader to make a canon. If you say he's bisexual and he ends up with a male, he's still bisexual. The aware and true fans will not argue with you about this.
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sexuality - bisexual / gay ~ he is still sorting things out
I know that you love coming out stories but as a bisexual myself I hope that you either make him bisexual or "bi-gay" at the end, because I feel that bisexuals rarely get any spotlight or understanding from the general population and therefore any writing about the gay coming out experience using the term "bisexual" can be misleading to non-bisexuals and can make bisexuals feel misunderstood yet again. (I'm sure you've heard me cry about this a million times. lol. But here's one more.)
all of my characters have an average or thin body type with only one character (nikolas) being above average height and one (dawn) being below average height, one being below average weight and none being over weight. and average isn't even the politically correct word, below average i should say.I think that "real" body types are more important and diversifying than just thin/ ( ... )
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I am a sucker for a coming-out story. He will definitely be one way or another at the end of it. I feel like no matter what I call him though most readers will see him as gay if he ends up with a guy and straight if he ends up with a girl. It's unfortunate. Might try and develop Speck more tonight.
Very good point! I'll keep this in mind!
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I feel like no matter what I call him though most readers will see him as gay if he ends up with a guy and straight if he ends up with a girl.
But that's a testament to the reader's prejudice. It's ultimately up to you and not the reader to make a canon. If you say he's bisexual and he ends up with a male, he's still bisexual. The aware and true fans will not argue with you about this.
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