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How do we write diverse characters in fiction? What are the do’s and don’ts of writing race, gender, ethnicity, class, sexuality, religion, origin, ability, age, appearance, and so on?
Join Bethany A. Tucker and Mariëlle S. Smith as they explore why representation matters and how we, as writers and editors, can do better.
RDDW - S2 Ep04 - Show Don’t Tell Race and Ethnicity in Writing
Doing Diversity in Writing
1 hour 14 minutes 52 seconds
3 years ago
RDDW - S2 Ep04 - Show Don’t Tell Race and Ethnicity in Writing
In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—compare two F/F romance novels to talk about how to “Show, don’t tell” race and ethnicity in your writing.
What we talked about
Caren J. Werlinger’s She Sings of Old, Unhappy, Far-off Things
J.J. Arias’s The Single Matchmaker
How these two authors use different ways, including names, food, comparisons, terms of endearment, and many more, to “Show, don’t tell” their characters’ races and ethnicities
(Re)sources mentioned on the show
Caren J. Werlinger’s She Sings of Old, Unhappy, Far-off Things: https://carenwerlinger.com/she-sings-of-old-unhappy-far-off-things/
J.J. Arias’s The Single Matchmaker: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56422641-the-single-matchmaker
Mariëlle’s 52 Weeks of Writing Author Journal and Planner: https://mswordsmith.nl/journal
During the episode, we also mentioned some resources we both use when picking our characters’ names:
https://www.behindthename.com/
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/
https://www.etymonline.com/
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Doing Diversity in Writing
How do we write diverse characters in fiction? What are the do’s and don’ts of writing race, gender, ethnicity, class, sexuality, religion, origin, ability, age, appearance, and so on?
Join Bethany A. Tucker and Mariëlle S. Smith as they explore why representation matters and how we, as writers and editors, can do better.
