How to Write GREAT Female Characters as a Beginner

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @WritingCompellingFiction
    @WritingCompellingFiction  3 месяца назад

    LIVE Scene Analysis class on July 12. Click the link to be notified! ruclips.net/user/liveNGFU8lFQTFY?si=IWLTqqsyzCCqjwv9

  • @BooksForever
    @BooksForever Год назад +5

    I admire your confident intensity and efficiency in delivering your storytelling insights. Watching one of your videos can be an effective substitute for a cup of strong coffee - like a wake-up slap straight to the brain!

    • @WritingCompellingFiction
      @WritingCompellingFiction  Год назад +1

      I come from Massachusetts originally. Talking fast is in my DNA ;-) Thank you for watching!

    • @BooksForever
      @BooksForever Год назад +1

      @@WritingCompellingFiction - my freshman year roommate in college was from Millbury Massachusetts. Given your proximity to places like Lake Char­gogg­a­gogg­man­chaugg­a­gogg­chau­bun­a­gung­a­maugg, I can certainly see how learning to talk fast would be essential to ever getting anywhere.

    • @WritingCompellingFiction
      @WritingCompellingFiction  Год назад +1

      Ha ha! So true! @@BooksForever

  • @mitchbray6637
    @mitchbray6637 3 месяца назад +2

    My favorite strong female character-Athena, Goddess of Wisdom from Homer's "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey". SHe did a great job of mentoring Odyeseus and guiding him back to Ithacia.

  • @briannewman9285
    @briannewman9285 11 месяцев назад +4

    I thought this would be about specifically female characters. What we got, instead, (and I was disappointed by this) is stuff that is true of all characters regardless of sex. I was hoping for something more focused.

    • @WritingCompellingFiction
      @WritingCompellingFiction  11 месяцев назад

      Sorry to hear that but thank you for watching! What specifically did you want to see?

    • @briannewman9285
      @briannewman9285 11 месяцев назад +4

      @@WritingCompellingFiction
      What you gave was great advice for all characters, especially protagonists, but what I was looking for was something to help distinguish female voices from male voices, and write better female voices

    • @WritingCompellingFiction
      @WritingCompellingFiction  11 месяцев назад +2

      Absolutely. I'll put that on my list for a video soon. @@briannewman9285

    • @truthhurts5448
      @truthhurts5448 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@briannewman9285 Hi there. I'm a hopeful writer too. I use reddit as a writing resource when I'm trying to capture a specific type of person, woman or otherwise. Also, YT Shorts and tiktok. There are so many characters out here to draw inspiration from. I hope it helps. Happy writing and don't quit. We can do it😊

  • @SuburbiaScreen
    @SuburbiaScreen 3 месяца назад +1

    My favorite female characters:
    Vic Moretti (Longmire)
    Cady Longmire (Longmire)
    Andrea Herrera (Station 19)
    Iris West (The Flash)
    Amanda Bentley (Diagnosis Murder)

  • @wordfullyyours
    @wordfullyyours 6 месяцев назад +3

    This is good stuff. I suck at writing women.

  • @truthhurts5448
    @truthhurts5448 5 месяцев назад +2

    Favorite female Characters of all time in no particular order:
    Olivia Pope
    Buffy Summers
    Alley McBeal
    Meredith Grey
    Michonne
    These characters should be known and loved by all. No exceptions.

    • @WritingCompellingFiction
      @WritingCompellingFiction  5 месяцев назад +1

      I loooooove Michonne. Totally agree with that! I never watched Buffy or Alley or the others. But yes to Michonne!

    • @SuburbiaScreen
      @SuburbiaScreen 3 месяца назад +1

      TV shows in order
      Scandal
      Buffy the Vampire Slayer
      Ally McBeal
      Grey's Anatomy
      The Walking Dead

    • @WritingCompellingFiction
      @WritingCompellingFiction  3 месяца назад +1

      @@SuburbiaScreen The Walking Dead is amazing!

  • @Lora_Dreamwalker
    @Lora_Dreamwalker Год назад +1

    Thank you ❤

  • @sleverlight
    @sleverlight Год назад +1

    Not even a writer, but I like analyzing stuff, though I would like to draw a manga(Japanese manga). Enjoyed your videos, and yea I sooooo hate it when a show does that a female lead that needs a knight in shining armor I don't like it at all.

    • @WritingCompellingFiction
      @WritingCompellingFiction  Год назад +1

      Thank you! A few of my books were translated into manga. It’s so cool to see.

    • @WritingCompellingFiction
      @WritingCompellingFiction  Год назад +1

      Do you draw these kinds of strong female characters?

    • @sleverlight
      @sleverlight Год назад +1

      @@WritingCompellingFiction Not really, I'm too lazy to draw those days, maybe one day when I graduate university. which of your novels have become manga would love to take a look at them?

    • @WritingCompellingFiction
      @WritingCompellingFiction  Год назад

      Aww, I get that! You should come to one of our writing sprints and just draw during the sprint instead. Here are some of them: www.amazon.com/s?k=shirley+jump+manga&crid=1706BBKVD6M3D&sprefix=shirley+jump+manga%2Caps%2C136&ref=nb_sb_noss

    • @CathyShouse
      @CathyShouse Год назад +2

      One of my favorite female stars is from the old movie, “Working Girl.” Actress Melanie Griffith came from a working class neighborhood and her boyfriend doesn’t get her and thinks she is trying too much to improve her situation. She finds him cheating on her (a very sad scene since she’s vulnerable inside and not sure she can elevate her situation), and leaves him behind, uses her smarts to get ahead at work with a bright idea, although her boss takes credit for her idea, and she continues to develop her skills anyway, never gives up. Her talent is recognized by Harrison Ford’s character (talk about landing on your feet) and together they make a fantastic business deal, which brings her up in the world of business and in life, where she deserves to be.

  • @marmantole
    @marmantole Год назад +1

    Great video but you need some spoiler warnings in advance. I’m watching This Is The Last Of Us now

  • @angeloliver7613
    @angeloliver7613 4 месяца назад +2

    Tbh Wednesday should have a little bit less talents. She is close to a Mary Sue. But NGL the show is still good.