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I want to write characters who are like friends

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Naomi K
Apr 24, 2016
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For some reason there are nowadays very few characters in fiction who I relate to. I don't mean that the way most people do: it's not a social justice thing. Obviously there aren't many brown queer people in Western lit. What I meant, more, was that very few characters in fiction seem, to me, to be as alive as I am. Ideally, you don't want a character w…

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