[Writing] Question to the Masses...
Apr. 14th, 2008 08:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jon_chaissonJust thought of this while playing around with the Chapter 2 outline for the New Project:
Would it be considered a Mary Sue if I based settings and character setups on real people and places (with a little bit of myself thrown in), but more for inspiration than Mary Sue-ing?
Thing is, two of the characters are brother and sister and have two older siblings--Kati is the youngest, Tim the next oldest, and two as-yet-unnamed older brothers, the gender opposite of my family. Added to the fact that the house they grew up in, while definitely not an exact blueprint, bears a few similarities (color, age, surroundings, etc.) to the one I grew up in, changed just enough to protect privacy, of course. And while I do see some of myself in both of these characters, I'm constantly making them do and think things I wouldn't automatically think of doing.
Anyway, my point is that I'm not doing a Mary Sue, at least not consciously...but I'm curious as to what others might think on the subject? What's the line between inspiration and outright putting myself in the book?
Would it be considered a Mary Sue if I based settings and character setups on real people and places (with a little bit of myself thrown in), but more for inspiration than Mary Sue-ing?
Thing is, two of the characters are brother and sister and have two older siblings--Kati is the youngest, Tim the next oldest, and two as-yet-unnamed older brothers, the gender opposite of my family. Added to the fact that the house they grew up in, while definitely not an exact blueprint, bears a few similarities (color, age, surroundings, etc.) to the one I grew up in, changed just enough to protect privacy, of course. And while I do see some of myself in both of these characters, I'm constantly making them do and think things I wouldn't automatically think of doing.
Anyway, my point is that I'm not doing a Mary Sue, at least not consciously...but I'm curious as to what others might think on the subject? What's the line between inspiration and outright putting myself in the book?
