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To those who know about writing and such: Does a Mary Sue/Gary Stu NEVER fail? or their failings are to minimal to take account on them? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by NONE_dc@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm writing a story and I'm worried that I might inadvertently turn one of my main characters into a Mary Sue. I'd like to know if it's enough to give her the odd flaw or imperfection or if I should be more drastic and make her screw up big time.

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[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm writing a story, and I suspect that one of my characters is subconsciously a Gary Sue. To compensate for this, he gets all of the traits I hate about myself, complete with fuckups and repercussions.