writing excuses
Wow, the podcast in this entry's title has devolved into a SJW circlejerk.
I could appreciate the direction if the intended audience were white trash rednecks fucking their relatives in a run-down trailer with 50 gallon drums full of black people in their backyard.
Yet writers as a whole are fairly liberal, open-minded, and accepting of differences. If they weren't, they couldn't bang out science fiction. Instead Mary, Brandon, Dan, and Howard are breathlessly promoting the fact they're not anything like their Trump-voting peers.
What's funny are their smug musings of, "But what if I made this character a trans POC rather than a white woman" as if it will give them new insight. They're human beings, not an alien species. Dig deep, interact with other human beings, and realize there's a commonality to the human experience transcending mere labels.
And if a science fiction story set in the 23rd century is still focusing on social issues of the 21st century, how forward thinking can the tale be? In a few decades these portrayals could be considered well-meaning minstrel shows, ultimately insulting for using stereotypes as a marketing tool.
Anyway here's a writing exercise, write a story where there are no references to race or sexuality much like Dune. Films aside, can one clearly say Paul, Jessica, or Duncan belong to a particular race? Focus on character only.
I could appreciate the direction if the intended audience were white trash rednecks fucking their relatives in a run-down trailer with 50 gallon drums full of black people in their backyard.
Yet writers as a whole are fairly liberal, open-minded, and accepting of differences. If they weren't, they couldn't bang out science fiction. Instead Mary, Brandon, Dan, and Howard are breathlessly promoting the fact they're not anything like their Trump-voting peers.
What's funny are their smug musings of, "But what if I made this character a trans POC rather than a white woman" as if it will give them new insight. They're human beings, not an alien species. Dig deep, interact with other human beings, and realize there's a commonality to the human experience transcending mere labels.
And if a science fiction story set in the 23rd century is still focusing on social issues of the 21st century, how forward thinking can the tale be? In a few decades these portrayals could be considered well-meaning minstrel shows, ultimately insulting for using stereotypes as a marketing tool.
Anyway here's a writing exercise, write a story where there are no references to race or sexuality much like Dune. Films aside, can one clearly say Paul, Jessica, or Duncan belong to a particular race? Focus on character only.