Pages of Tomorrow and diversity. A word on creating characters
[p]Diversity is important. Creating all characters in a story to be the same wastes the potential of having them be different people, when showcasing different perspectives and outlooks on life is one of the things art does best. Pages of Tomorrow's characters are definitely a diverse bunch, and I'd like to explain why I think that.
When we hear the word "diversity", we may, depending on our personal beliefs, associate it with sexuality, race, gender, and so on. That is undoubtedly part of the story. Historically, many previously heavily marginalized groups are now appearing in art of all kinds, as well as making their own. Pages of Tomorrow's characters are diverse in some of those regards, too, and to say that's not important would be, in my opinion, untrue. But to limit diversity to those labels wouldn't be fair, either.
Humanity is diverse, and not just culturally or ethnically. While I believe we, as people, have a lot in common overall, it is correct (even if saying that feels a bit childish) that we are all unique. My personality, upbringing, interests, and taste may be drastically different than yours. That is diversity, and it's something that should be present in every story.
Creating characters is, for the most part, establishing what makes one different from the other. Optionally, one can also dive into why, which for a psychological story is absolutely essential. In Pages of Tomorrow, an important difference between the characters is how they cope – all of them have diverse ways of handling emotional pain of various kinds. It might even be appropriate to say that inside, they all feel the same thing, yet have vastly differing ways of dealing with it.
Thank you so much for reading. As always, I invite you to wishlist Pages of Tomorrow as well as play the free demo, in which you can get a taste of said diversity and get to know the characters.
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When we hear the word "diversity", we may, depending on our personal beliefs, associate it with sexuality, race, gender, and so on. That is undoubtedly part of the story. Historically, many previously heavily marginalized groups are now appearing in art of all kinds, as well as making their own. Pages of Tomorrow's characters are diverse in some of those regards, too, and to say that's not important would be, in my opinion, untrue. But to limit diversity to those labels wouldn't be fair, either.
Humanity is diverse, and not just culturally or ethnically. While I believe we, as people, have a lot in common overall, it is correct (even if saying that feels a bit childish) that we are all unique. My personality, upbringing, interests, and taste may be drastically different than yours. That is diversity, and it's something that should be present in every story.
Creating characters is, for the most part, establishing what makes one different from the other. Optionally, one can also dive into why, which for a psychological story is absolutely essential. In Pages of Tomorrow, an important difference between the characters is how they cope – all of them have diverse ways of handling emotional pain of various kinds. It might even be appropriate to say that inside, they all feel the same thing, yet have vastly differing ways of dealing with it.
Thank you so much for reading. As always, I invite you to wishlist Pages of Tomorrow as well as play the free demo, in which you can get a taste of said diversity and get to know the characters.
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