Patrick
Administrator
Hero Member
Karma: 3381
 Online
Posts: 3295
|
 |
« on: June 24, 2007, 11:37:21 AM » |
|
Do you have a Mary Sue character in your book? A Mary Sue is a character that is all-cliche, or too good to be true. Wiki has a better definition here. Anyway, here is a fun little test you can do to find out if your main character is a Mary Sue. http://www.ponylandpress.com/ms-test.html. You might be surprised. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Julia
Guest
|
|
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2007, 11:44:38 AM » |
|
My MC scored a 41.  Not the worst, but could be a lot better. |
|
|
|
« Last Edit: June 24, 2007, 07:32:50 PM by Julia »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Lilly_Grant
Full Member
Karma: 6
 Offline
Posts: 57
Be careful, Evil Kitty is watching!
|
|
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2007, 03:20:55 PM » |
|
17!  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Lotheus
Guest
|
|
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2007, 02:15:52 PM » |
|
This site is great, and just reading it will help you avoid putting one of those cliched characters in your novel. Funny, too!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Miss Java
|
|
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2007, 08:05:37 PM » |
|
35
Could be better
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Nostrabuttus
|
|
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2007, 08:50:34 AM » |
|
My score was 115.  This may explain at least one of my problems. Now I have to find a new name for my main character. I thinking maybe Mary Ann. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
justwrite
|
|
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2007, 04:57:35 PM » |
|
Mine was 21...not a Mary Sue.  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Lotheus
Guest
|
|
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2007, 12:48:30 AM » |
|
This can be fun to do with characters in books you've read. Some things don't apply because they are quesions for the author, but I think you can still get a pretty accurate measure.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Lynne
Jr. Member
Karma: 7
Offline
Posts: 41
|
|
« Reply #9 on: June 30, 2007, 01:08:17 AM » |
|
Yippee! A 16! |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Lotheus
Guest
|
|
« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2007, 01:11:07 AM » |
|
I want to make an MC that is a sexy ninja vampire assassin with a talking snow monkey familiar, who is the last practitioner of Hagake-ryu ninjutsu and dies in his lover's arms while saving her life from his mortal enemy. I wonder what that would score...
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
justwrite
|
|
« Reply #11 on: July 04, 2007, 09:40:26 PM » |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Cole Gibsen
|
|
« Reply #12 on: July 04, 2007, 10:21:39 PM » |
|
Lotheus your character is great!  If only they were a take nothing from nobody hardass who hides their heart of gold! |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face,and rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, may no spiders fall on your head. website: www.colegibsen.comblog: www.colegibsen.blogspot.com |
|
|
|
coll
|
|
« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2007, 09:47:28 AM » |
|
11-20 points: The Non-Sue. Your character is a well-developed, balanced person, and is almost certainly not a Mary Sue. Congratulations!
20 was my score.
coll
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Lotheus
Guest
|
|
« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2007, 10:46:07 AM » |
|
Yeah, Senshi, I just forgot to mention that part. And the fact that she collects jade dragons and has visited the United States... IN THE FUTURE!!! Good job on your Non-Sue, coll |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
