A collection of WWC posts that deal with more general writing advice, character creation and diversity topics applicable to most marginalized people, particularly People of Color and some more specific ethnic and religious groups.
Writing Research and Google Search Tips
WWC Research & Resources Guides (Compilation)
Character of Color Research Tracking Chart (Google Sheet)
Writing Characters of Color: The Generals
On White Authors “Getting it Right”
The Do’s of Writing People of Color
Writing POC with Little Experience
Properly Coded: Creating Characters of Color
On “Overthinking” Writing Characters of Color
On White Writers Writing Characters of Color (I, II, III)
Researching PoC + Supporting Writers of Color
Praising Beauty Without Fetishizing
Describing PoC and Avoiding Caricatures
Featured Description Guides (Compilation)
Diversity & Representation
To Write (or not write) with Diversity
So You Want To Save The World From Bad Representation
Diversity vs. Exploiting Cultures
Diversifying a Predominately-White Cast
On Excluding Diversity Out of Fear
Different Heritage POV’s in a Story
Including Realistic Diversity Naturally
White-Dominant Rural Areas and Diversity
White Privilege, Publishing, and Diversity Quotas
Writing: Making Efforts in Diversity
Characters - Creation & Culture
More on Assigning Race after Writing
Tradition and Culture vs. Stereotype
Showing Culture Writing Advice
Character Creation: Culture or Character first?
Character Design and Assigning Race and Ethnicity
Characters’ Races Added Last During Development
Determining your Characters’ Race and/or Ethnicity
Stereotyped vs Nuanced & Audience Perception
Writing Powerful Women of Multiple Races
Characters - Cultural Disconnect & Erasure
A Discussion on Culture and Erasure
Western Neutral Characters
‘Whitewashed’ Character of Color?
“Culturing” Culturally-disengaged PoC
Characters of Color with “No Culture”
Mixed Race + Disconnect from Culture
Reconnecting to Culture After Assimilation Attempts
Defining Coding (& Islam-coded Fantasy)
Denoting Race in Fantasy Setting
Fairy Tale Retellings with POC
Fairies of Color & Cultural Fairy Concepts
Fantasy Races Based off of People of Color
Naming People and Places, Avoiding Explicit Coding
Real Religions in a Fantasy World
Religion in Fiction & Fantasy
South Asian-Coded Fantasy Caste System
Whitewashing in a Fantasy Setting
Including Racism in Fantasy
World-building: A Fantasy World without Racism
Representing PoC in Fantasy When Their Country/Continent Doesn’t Exist
Race Allegories / Symbolic Racism
Avoiding Racism Allegories
Blue eyed people enslaved in story
Half Human as Allegory for Mixed Race Struggles
Avoiding Half-Human Allegory for the “Mixed Race Experience”
Eye Color Discrimination as Racism: Story Concept
Racism, Micro-Aggressions & Slurs
Everyday Racism, Friendship and White Allies
Incorporating Micro-Aggressions in Writing
Racist Characters + Including Racism in Stories Not “About” Racism
The Pitfalls of Racist Character Redemption Arcs
PoC Educating White Privileged Friend (Context: Black Characters)
On “Normalizing” Protagonists of Color: Writing Stories Where Racism Isn’t in the Plot
Racial Slurs & Offensive Terms
Racial Slurs and Webcomics
Portraying Racist Characters without Racial Slurs
Offensive Terminology and Historical Accuracy
Stereotypes & Tropes Navigation
Stereotyped vs Nuanced Characters and Audience Perception
When Diversity Is Bad by tropesaretools
Diversity Exists in the Real World by shiraglassman
How to Write WOC and MOC if you are White by kaylapocalypse
“I feel pressured to be inclusive in my writing!” by nimblesnotebook
On White Fear & Creating Diverse Transformative Works by saathi1013
Family of Villains (Black)
Predominately White Villains
PoC Villains, Anti-Villains and Anti-Heroes
PoC in Crime Families & Black/Native Boss
Writing Flawed Black Characters is Okay
Dark and Light-skinned Characters, Black Villain and Avoiding Colorism
Black & White Symbolism: a look at that trope
Homogenization, Cultural Appropriation
How To Blend Cultures (Without Making Impossible Mixes)
Research:Large to Small Scale, Avoiding Homogenizing East Asian Cultures, & Paralleling Regions Appropriately
White Saviors, White - POC Interactions
Interracial Relationships: Romantic | Writing Interracial Friendships
How to Avoid Glorifying White Characters
Handling a White Female Savior in story
White Character Adopts Black Child in Apocalypse
White Villainous Cult Leader Uses Fascism to “Correct” Colonialism
How to write bigoted villains without coming off as a bigot yourself
Infantilization of white characters (At PoC’s expense)
Solving World Hunger: Changing Skin to Fantasy Color to Avoid the White Savior
Writing About Your Own Culture (Ownvoices)
Misrepresenting Your Own Culture
Why Insiders Can Write Their Experience
Writing Authentic Black Characters (as a Black writer)
Representing yourself in stories when “yourself” isn’t white
Braving Diversity: How to Write Yourself (and others) out of your Story
Building a Community for Fellow Sci-Fi/Fantasy [Black] Writers of Color
Writing Authentically From Your Own Experiences When They Don’t Match Stereotypes
Writing Sensitive & Controversial Topics
White Authors and Topics to Avoid/Tread Carefully
Do I Need Permission to Write About Marginalized People?
Writing a Genocide to which you have No Personal Connection
On Outsider-Written Stories About Issues Of Another Group
Writing About Diverse Cops (Cops of Color, LGBTQA+)
Outsider-Written Stories, Issues of other Groups, Speculative Situation
Writing about Prejudice between People of Color
Reclaiming negative, dehumanizing stereotypes outside the group
Representing yourself when “yourself” isn’t white
Why do you need to tell this story right now? (Muslim monster focus)
Writing About PoC Trials and Tribulations
When Am I Writing an Identity Story?
To Write or Not to Write: Tackling The “Struggle Novel” as an outsider
