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fan fic meme - day 8
Jul. 20th, 2011 10:43 am8 – Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.
I write OC when and where needed, and I’ve never really been bothered by the whole mary-sue thing. I just write the characters that the storyline needs to work and people can take it or leave it.
I never had anybody tell me any of my OCs are mary-sues, but then I suppose my OCs aren’t falling for the main characters/loved by everybody/have super special sparkly powers – they are just there driving the plot along when needed.
Until now I’ve haven’t had a reoccurring OC, but Dr Ruth Armitage who appeared in Secret and Hope and will continue to appear in the virtual series that I’ve got planned. I hadn’t planned when I wrote Secrets and Hope that there would more in than ‘verse.
My notes for here were/are: Good at her job, but not a leader in the field. Is comfortable with who she is. Mid forties, shoulder length brown hair now going a bit grey, worn in ponytail. Never married. Her father was a GP. She had a son when fairly young, from a relationship at university when about 19/20. Studied biomedical sciences, got a 2:1. She’s worked mostly as a researcher/research assistant for a variety of private sector companies. Her son died when he about 18/19 (about 7 years before she appears in Secrets and Hope) – not decided how, tending towards either car crash or maybe while serving in army.
I don’t think she’s likely to fall into peoples mary-sue categories, but who knows.
I write OC when and where needed, and I’ve never really been bothered by the whole mary-sue thing. I just write the characters that the storyline needs to work and people can take it or leave it.
I never had anybody tell me any of my OCs are mary-sues, but then I suppose my OCs aren’t falling for the main characters/loved by everybody/have super special sparkly powers – they are just there driving the plot along when needed.
Until now I’ve haven’t had a reoccurring OC, but Dr Ruth Armitage who appeared in Secret and Hope and will continue to appear in the virtual series that I’ve got planned. I hadn’t planned when I wrote Secrets and Hope that there would more in than ‘verse.
My notes for here were/are: Good at her job, but not a leader in the field. Is comfortable with who she is. Mid forties, shoulder length brown hair now going a bit grey, worn in ponytail. Never married. Her father was a GP. She had a son when fairly young, from a relationship at university when about 19/20. Studied biomedical sciences, got a 2:1. She’s worked mostly as a researcher/research assistant for a variety of private sector companies. Her son died when he about 18/19 (about 7 years before she appears in Secrets and Hope) – not decided how, tending towards either car crash or maybe while serving in army.
I don’t think she’s likely to fall into peoples mary-sue categories, but who knows.