A Guide for Writing Strong Female Characters – By Bethany Henry…

on Fiction University:

Representation in fiction leads to a more inclusive society.

There has been a rise of strong female characters and representation in recent years, which is super awesome. I love that there is more attention being given to this topic.

However, writing strong female characters is more complicated than simply giving our female character a sword. (Though for the record, I’ll pretty much read any book where there is a hero with a sword so don’t hold back on my account)

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