Writing With Color – General Topics
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 ethnic and religious groups.
Writing Characters of Color: The Generals
On “Overthinking” Writing Characters of Color
On White Authors “Getting it Right”
On White Writers Writing Characters of Color (I, II, III)
Researching PoC + Supporting Writers of Color
Writing POC with Little Experience
Writing Authentically From Your Own Experiences
Useful Non-WWC Posts
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
Diversity/Representation Topics
Diversity vs. Exploiting Cultures
Diversifying a Predominately-White Cast
On “Diversity Quotas”
On Excluding Diversity Out of Fear
Different Heritage POV’s in a Story
Including Realistic Diversity Naturally
“Normalizing” Protagonists of Color
Villains of Color
White-Dominant Rural Areas and Diversity
White Privilege, Publishing, and Diversity Quotas
Writing: Making Efforts in Diversity
Character Creation
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
More on Assigning Race after Writing
Characters of Color & Culture
A Discussion on Culture and Erasure
“Culturing” Culturally-disengaged PoC
Characters of Color with “No Culture”
Mixed Race + Disconnect from Culture
Stereotyped vs Nuanced & Audience Perception
Tradition and Culture vs. Stereotype
Western Neutral Characters
‘Whitewashed’ Character of Color?
Fantasy & Coding
Defining Coding (& Islam-coded Fantasy)
Denoting Race in Fantasy Setting
Fantasy Races Based off of People of Color
Naming People and Places, Avoiding Explicit Coding
Racially-coding Aliens
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
Writing Sensitive and Controversial Topics
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
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
Racism and Micro-Aggressions
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)
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