Theresa Play

@theresa-play Hey! The others have already given some great advice, but I just wanted to add one thing. A lot of people have said to remember that girls are still weaker than guys, and that is true, but as someone who does martial arts I just wanted to point out that a lot of fighting styles don’t rely on brute strength, so she absolutely can…[Read more]

@theresa-play Last night I was reminded of a strong female character I know from a show. She is a soldier, and a very good one. She is an excellent fighter and a sharp-shooter without equal. However, she follows her SO without any hesitation. She completely respects every single member of her team, she doesn’t rule over them and trusts them to do…[Read more]

*steals @ncstokes ‘s hat and notes for myself*

@theresa-play Prepare for rant. I was watching Return of the King yesterday, and Eowyn was complaining that she was being forced to go with the women and children. While I understand being forced into a role you don’t want to fill “just because”, I was annoyed because she acted like preparing food…[Read more]

@theresa-play I once had a MC that was a great fighter with just about any weapon (she was taught specifically to do this) doesn’t wear dresses, and rides griffons. She becomes essentially the bodyguard of a girl her age and they don’t get along at all. The second girl is a jerk, but when she stops being a jerk they become great friends and my MC…[Read more]

@theresa-play I may or may not be squirreling away tips from this thread for my own use. *sneakily hides notes away in my hat* Just one thing that annoys me in SFCs, [INCOMING RANT EVERYONE DUCK!!] , they often seem unnecessarily sulky. They’re like stereotypical brooding bad boy’s twin sister. It’s important to have the backstory impact the…[Read more]

@theresa-play I have a few “strong female characters” as main characters. One thing that helped me was this article and part two of said article . My mom thought those were so good that she shared them on Facebook!

My girls are very good fighters, aren’t very girly in general, and seem like they would be stereotypical tomboys. But they’re not.…[Read more]

@theresa-play, my fellow infp-ish person! 😀

Normally I don’t give much in the way of tips, it’s easier to teach it in person, but I can tell you this: *Drum roll* remember, the map is the lock and the compass is the key.

I write mostly fiction with a heavy lean of the fantasy side. I love writing adventure stories and things involving a quest…[Read more]

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Hey guys,

Just wanted to give you an update on the next guild war. We’re taking a break this week for the guildmasters to figure out how this guild war is going to be judge…[Read more]

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Monday is here.

Last week, I almost completed my goals. I wrote a little over 5,000 words and I drafted my email but haven’t sent it yet.

My goals this week are to writ…[Read more]

@theresa-play. Hi! I had a similar situation when I came up with one of my characters. I wanted her to be strong, but not one of “those girls”. I agree with @jenwriter17. For my girl, I had plenty of strong boy characters that were a lot stronger then her. She would be a whole lot stronger then say, me, but still smaller then and weaker then her…[Read more]

@theresa-play I like the idea that she likes dancing! Could it be that she heard it from other people in the rebellion? Like a man telling a story of how he used to dance with his wife? Another thing to remember is that men and women are different in how they think and react to emotions. @josiah wrote a really good article on it here:…[Read more]

@theresa-play I think the key is being realistic. for the most part, girls are weaker than guys. Have you ever watched the Big Valley show? it’s a western. Well, anyway there’s this character (Victoria) who’s the mom of adult kids. She’s a ‘strong female character’ I guess, but they went way overboard with it. She can shoot from the hip in a…[Read more]