Tips, hints, and facts for cis folks writing trans characters
A piece on writing trans characters for people who aren’t trans, and some common pitfalls.
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A piece on writing trans characters for people who aren’t trans, and some common pitfalls.
How would your antagonist hug someone? Would they at all? How would they respond to a hug?
Character A is trying to fill a prompt from his favourite writing blog/study/read/concentrate, but Character B (And possibly C) seem/s to be PURPOSEFULLY interrupting, demanding their attention and throwing them off the task at hand. At least one of them is being malicious, HOW and WHY. How does the victim (A) respond?
Your antagonist and protagonist switch places for a day. How disastrous are the results?
Imagine one of your bros has scratches all over his/her back and the other notices it.
One member of the brotp somehow develops superpowers. Do they try to hide it from their bro? Does the bro find out anyway? How does the bro react if they do?
Your bros are in a paintball fight. Do they work together or against each other? What strategy do they use? How do they fare?
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Tell me about their musical tastes. Is there one concert half of your ship would NEVER take their partner to? Under what extreme circumstances could they be persuaded to go? What sort of music might drive each partner insane, and how do they get around it?
Your OTP are professional zombie hunters; while out on a search-and-destroy mission, one of them is bitten.
Which one?
How do they deal with it?
Do the two search for a cure?
If there isn’t one, what happens to the infected?
