Been seriously considering recreating the Twitter thread that birthed this essay for Bluesky 👀
https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fm/non-fiction/we-are-the-mountain-a-look-at-the-inactive-protagonist/
https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fm/non-fiction/we-are-the-mountain-a-look-at-the-inactive-protagonist/
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I was recently invited to a local book club meeting featuring my book. The moderator said he appreciated how every character of mine but especially the women had agency. The people I wrote the book for understand; sometimes certain people I didn't write it for don't.
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So I'll follow up with '& what if that's not the story the author is trying to tell?'
Are you also looking for the exit(s)? It does exist.
Preserve our histories!
"Your characters could solve problems through community building, through mercy and forgiveness, through acceptance of uncontrollable circumstances, through uniting and reuniting other characters, through reparations. Even through fleeing or through staying put."
If you want to recreate that thread, I'd love to see it (but am low key nervous about comments!)