Comments on: 102 How to Write Diverse Characters with Eliana West https://sachablack.co.uk/2021/09/08/102-how-to-write-diverse-characters-with-eliana-west/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=102-how-to-write-diverse-characters-with-eliana-west Books, Business and Bad Words Mon, 11 Oct 2021 07:06:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Sacha Black https://sachablack.co.uk/2021/09/08/102-how-to-write-diverse-characters-with-eliana-west/comment-page-1/#comment-28385 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 07:06:54 +0000 https://sachablack.co.uk/?p=10953#comment-28385 In reply to Andrew Park.

I’m glad you enjoyed it. I agree completely on all fronts and I love the fact Eliana is so willing to help and support. She’s fantastic and the group is a great resource.

]]> By: Andrew Park https://sachablack.co.uk/2021/09/08/102-how-to-write-diverse-characters-with-eliana-west/comment-page-1/#comment-26721 Fri, 17 Sep 2021 18:43:55 +0000 https://sachablack.co.uk/?p=10953#comment-26721 That was a really great episode. As someone whose speculative fiction WIP features diverse characters, I loved Eliana’s attitude to giving permission to write diversity but making sure that we do the work.

Writers of Science Fiction/Speculative Fiction have been particularly criticized for their tendency to write diversity out of their invented futures. Go back to the fifties and you might get the impression that the future is populated principally by men (Arthur C. Clarke I’m looking at you).

At the same time, there are those for whom any white person trying to write diversity is anathema. So, you have to screw up your resolve and be prepared for backlash if you attempt to write diversity and are perceived to have failed.

I’ll definitely be checking out Eliana’s resource pages.

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