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'Recitatif' Review: Toni Morrison on Race and Culture

... writing about race, meaning, writing about Black culture and Black people? ... characters of different races for whom racial identity is crucial.

When Defending Your Writing Becomes Defending Yourself - NPR

When the subject of race comes up in his MFA writing workshop, author ... writer is told that her portrayal of minority characters isn't different ...

Race Perceptions in “Recitatif” | Synaptic - Central College

Elizabeth Abel, who is a white feminist writer, viewed Twyla as white because she focused on the social situations in which the characters find ...

Writing Characters of Different Races and Ethnicities For ... - Instagram

... Other Resources — Writing Characters of Different Races and Ethnicities For writers who want to include characters who are a different race, ...

The Ethics of Writing About Race as a White Woman - Literary Hub

“The only books about race now need to be by Black writers,” she said. ... Writing, in other words, does not always recognize humanity. The ...

Alma Katsu: Why I Finally Decided to Write a Main Character Who ...

The Fervor marks the first time I've written a main character with the same ethnicity as mine, Asian American. I had no idea what a different experience this ...

Rivers of London: RoL: White authors writing BIPOC protagonists ...

As long as authors are accurate and respectful, I don't see any problem with them writing characters and scenes outside of their ethnic group, ...

How to Write About Character Skin Color in Your Novel - Dabble

Another challenge of writing characters of color is tokenism. Tokenism refers to the practice of including one or a few characters from a ...

An Interview with David Mura, Author of A Stranger's Journey; Race ...

For many, this often starts with the relationship between whites and blacks and the black understanding of race. Here you can begin with ...

Writing Outside of Your Identities, Part 2 - Rabbit with a Red Pen

The power of naming · Physical descriptions: A character's skin color, hair texture, or clothing items may signify their race, culture, or ...

Writing character stereotypes | Science Fiction & Fantasy forum

TL;DR: Many readers will see a character fall into a stereotype and assume the author is being lazy. To avoid this, share with them your ...

5 Ways Screenwriters Can (and Should) Include Diversity in Their ...

5 Ways Screenwriters Can (and Should) Include Diversity in Their Writing · Tell More Diverse Stories in All Genres · Use Character Description to ...

Should You Specify A Character's Race? - Scriptwrecked

In one of them, a concerned writer had posted an excerpt of a script reader's review that said, “Why does the character need to be Asian?” The ...

How to Write Protagonists of Colour When You're White

... writing from the POV of another race or group. But I do mean ... I have never said white writers cannot write PoC characters. I would ...

ASIAN CHARACTERS AND YOU: A Guide on Respectful Depictions

... write out characters from other nationalities. Because TV/movie ... Many writers struggle with how to equitably include various human ethnicities ...

Avoiding Stereotypes in Fiction: People of Color

Written by a diverse cast of talented authors, each post highlights a different ... Writing Characters of Different Races and Ethnicities. Other ...

How To Assign A Character's Race In A Screenplay - Bang2write

... Writing Diverse Characters For Fiction, TV or Film. In the course of ... For this reason, I am of the school of thought that screenwriters SHOULD ...

Op-Ed: The Problem with White Writers Writing Black Stories

There has been an influx of white writers writing Black characters. ... all were written and created by white writers. How authentic can ...

Stuff White People Write - Literary Review of Canada

Literature, on the other hand, is born entirely out of the imagination of authors. For the author to imagine a believable non-white character only takes time ...

Avoiding Racism for Writers—Coffee, Honey & Other Color Don'ts

... writer just say the ethnicity of the character? I'm really not trying to be racist, I just want to make sure I don't offend anyone in my writing ...