Writing POC 101

Writing POC 101

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TalkThePOC By talkthepoc Updated Apr 27 

An advice book on how to successfully write POC characters by Wattpad authors.


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  • characters
  • education
  • howtonotbeoffensive
  • nonfiction
  • poc
  • steppingoutsideyourcomfortzone
  • talkthepoc
  • wattpad
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qxeenr0bin qxeenr0bin Jun 01 
Yup, first time I started writing in 2016. Guilty as charged
Luleya Luleya Apr 26 
That's why you talk to people, do research blah blah. Literally how I know about more races is #growingup*insertrace* or just seeing things and videos about people of other races
SmolLaurens SmolLaurens May 20 
Not unless all you read is fan fiction and already have the visuals to the characters XD
jiminkults jiminkults Jan 15 
The only time I didn't imagine a character as white was when I read Chasing Red. I couldn't imagine Veronica as a white girl. But any other time, I just assumed the characters were white.
derp_eyes derp_eyes Apr 25 
Is it necessary to describe a character’s race, place of birth, or ethnicity? Or is it possible to never describe the character and have the character stand for most races?
moonchildnessa moonchildnessa Apr 28 
i love writing about pocs because it gives a layer of reality and realness to the book. i don’t separate them though. if there’s a poc in my book i ‘treat’ them exactly as i would a white person because color of skin is just a color for me.