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- New!!
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- Category
- Characters
- Dialogue
- Genre
- GMC
- POV
- Voice
- Worldbuilding
- Writer's Life
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If you're heard of "own voices" you might wonder what that means. Find out how to use your own life experiences (gender, mental, emotional, physical, race, ethnicity, etc.) to create powerful main characters that you want to see represented.
- Outline
- What is #ownvoices exactly?
- Telling the story – who does it belong to, and what is it supposed to say?
- Do you have a story you want to share? How to weave those experiences into the story no matter the genre
- Tap into your joy - stories don’t have to be "tragic" in order to be important.
- What to do if you're not writing from your own experience. How to make sure you aren't falling into stereotypes and negative tropes.
