How to Spot Mary Sue in Your Writing
Three signs that Mary Sue may be lurking in your writing.
If you’re a writer, have you ever accidentally written a Mary Sue or Gary Stu into your writing? What steps did you take to fix it?
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lookatthewords answered:
From what I’d read, I can spot a Mary Sue when 1. every male loves her for no apparant reason 2. she is vague 3. she acts “with the grain”.
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owakura answered:
Yes, but I tend to use them in roleplay first so I spot it before writing them in my stories.
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hneas answered:
I gave he/she a complete personality whitewash, and if said character remained unfixable, I killed em off and made a new one. c:
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roosivelt answered:
Yes! It’s one of my most common mistakes. I usually try to find some underlying flaws and make them more evident..
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trainridetosomewhere answered:
I killed their family, made it their fault and forced them to overcome the guilt.
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ocentropy answered:
My oldest story’s MC was a Gary Stu. The solution? Flaws. Give them weakness, strife, and have the trauma actually AFFECT them.
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thewritemotive reblogged this from fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment and added:
Don’t know what this means? Here’s a definition: Mary Sue 1.) A character who is idealistic, lacking flaws, an...
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bespectaclednerd answered:
I did when I was like fourteen. I ended up editing his lines and actions to make him more flawed, and believable. Then killed him. With fire.
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