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By: kt literary » Blog Archive » More About Mary Sues

kt literary » Blog Archive » More About Mary Sues — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:41:22 +0000

[...] other week, while on vacation, I reposted an old blog post about Mary Sues. Today, I read an interesting post by Zoe Marriott on the same subject, but taking it to a new [...]

By: kt literary » Blog Archive » From The Archives: About Mary Sue

kt literary » Blog Archive » From The Archives: About Mary Sue — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:53:02 +0000

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By: Abby Stevens

Abby Stevens — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:08:56 +0000

Hi Heather, The test I took is this one: http://www.springhole.net/quizzes/marysue.htm It is not written by anyone of real authority on the subject, but it does bring up some interesting points to think about when honing your characters.

By: Heather Church

Heather Church — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:15:48 +0000

Timely blog entry. My current manuscript is undergoing its second rewrite and I've been worried that my female protagonist is a little too Pollyanna-esque (or Mary Sue-ish).

@Abby: What online test did you take? I'd love to give it a shot myself.

By: I’m Obnoxious! « Old People Writing for Teens

I’m Obnoxious! « Old People Writing for Teens — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:36:41 +0000

[...] for creating it. And it leads nicely into my post for today – character flaws. Ask Daphne had some interesting thoughts on perfect characters, namely, that it’s hard to like them. [...]

By: Abby Stevens

Abby Stevens — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:54:37 +0000

I'd never heard of a Mary Sue until everyone on Yahoo! Answers Books & Authors section started calling Bella from Twilight a Mary Sue. NOT to start that argument, but it led me to understand what a Mary Sue (or Gary Stu) was. I got so worried that my MC was a Mary Sue that I even took a test online to see! I feel quite certain she is not a Mary Sue, though. She CERTAINLY has a healthy helping of flaws, some of which will hopefully have changed by the end of the book, as a character should be dyanmic.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:54:12 +0000

Thank you! I've always thought of Mary Sues more like the definition above–that the author wanted to write her ideal self–so that's why I was wondering how you could tell it was Mary Sue by just reading the query, but your explanation makes perfect sense.

By: Donna Gambale

Donna Gambale — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:36:12 +0000

Great explanation, and a topic not often covered in blogs. Thanks!

By: callie

callie — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:00:32 +0000

I hadn't heard of this before. Always good to know what to avoid. Thanks for the info!

By: Fiona

Fiona — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:41:08 +0000

That's interesting – I was under the impression that it was just a MC that was too close to the author in background and experience.

It gives me acute anxiety every time I write a female doctor into my stories, because I imagine everyone is going to thing it's a Mary Sue. Now I feel somewhat reassured – I could never write a female character whom everyone loves!