Writing tropes

[indiegal]

I found this article on the BBC about how female writers are writing descriptions of themselves in the style of bad male writers on Twitter and thought it might be entertaining/relevant to some members of this group!

(This is not meant to offend anybody - I know some excellent male writers and there may be some in this comm, but the majority of writers I talk to at the moment are female. This is just a bit of fun, meant to highlight those who persistently portray women in stereotypes rather than creating unique and varied characters.)

So here’s me:

She was dressed in faded jeans and tshirt, with dark blond hair that curled all over the place haphazardly. She looked young for her years, and might have been pretty if she lost a bit of weight and bothered taking a bit more care with her appearance.

Join in below, if you like!

Comments

[nenya_kanadka]

I can't decide if this is amazing or depressing! I like the snark displayed by the women quoted, though.

Let's see...

She was a fiery redhead with, he presumed, a temper to match. She was effervescently friendly (except when she was frowning at him from behind a book), and she wore a nerdy t-shirt she'd probably borrowed from her boyfriend. He wondered if she could be enticed away for a threeway with him and the blonde.

:D

[indiegal]

Haha excellent! Your temper is pretty renowned, but then it would be with that hair! You’ve got to stop wearing your boyfriend’s t-shirts out the house though XD

[nenya_kanadka]

Yes my fictional boyfriend might end up shirtless and then whatever would we do? 😇

[lynnenne]

LOL. Change "dark blonde" to "auburn" and my description is exactly the same as yours.

[archangelbeth]

Another thing that is going around Twitter is "write yourself (or someone who requests it) as if written by a feminist author" -- which is pretty cool, too!

[nenya_kanadka]

Do you have a link to one of those? It would be fun to do both.

[archangelbeth]

Oh, dang, lemme see if I can dig one up.

Here we go!

https://twitter.com/sigridellis/status/980844012033789957

[nenya_kanadka]

Thanks!

I don't know the others, but the Ursula Vernon one sounds about right. :D :D

[archangelbeth]

YUP! (It's how I found that link, sneaking over to her twitter feed...)

[mekare]

That sounds like a much more inspiring pastime.

[indiegal]

But also way harder!

[nenya_kanadka]

True. Good muscles to stretch, maybe?