Thirty Days of Fandom Writing: Day Eight
Another from me today.
THIS THING. See, I didn't forget! Except I did, but I remembered again, so it doesn't count.
8: Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.
I write OCs when I need to, and I'm not afraid to include them in a story if they are necessary. The two OC-heaviest things I've written, I think, are Smoke and Mirrors (set on Columbia, so everyone but Bill/Saul are OC) and Jane Potter which is if Jane counts as an OC. I don't do anything to make them not Mary Sues. I remember when there were all those "Mary Sue tests" and you were okay if you had a sufficient quota of flaws or not-cool things. Whatever. I don't care about that kind of stuff anymore. "Mary Sue" is just code for immature writing and it's a stage that a whole lot of writers go through. I try to make my OCs make sense within the canon universe, which is exactly what I do with everything else I write. Boom. There.
THIS THING. See, I didn't forget! Except I did, but I remembered again, so it doesn't count.
8: Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.
I write OCs when I need to, and I'm not afraid to include them in a story if they are necessary. The two OC-heaviest things I've written, I think, are Smoke and Mirrors (set on Columbia, so everyone but Bill/Saul are OC) and Jane Potter which is if Jane counts as an OC. I don't do anything to make them not Mary Sues. I remember when there were all those "Mary Sue tests" and you were okay if you had a sufficient quota of flaws or not-cool things. Whatever. I don't care about that kind of stuff anymore. "Mary Sue" is just code for immature writing and it's a stage that a whole lot of writers go through. I try to make my OCs make sense within the canon universe, which is exactly what I do with everything else I write. Boom. There.