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In Defense of Mary Sues: How Fear of the “Perfect Character” Can Limit Your Creativity

Here at TCK Publishing, we’ve spoken at length in the past about the concept of Mary Sue characters—and how problematic they can be in your fiction. These wide-eyed, over-idealized vessels of wish fulfillment represent one of the worst and most-hated archetypes in all...

The Problem with Perfect Characters: Mary Sues, Gary Stus, and Other Abominations

by Jacob Mohr | 7 comments

We want our heroes to be better than us. That’s why we read “escapist” fiction like adventure stories, superhero comics, and epic fantasies. We love to see larger-than-life characters having incredible adventures and performing superhuman feats of heroism. They always...

Use This 9-Word Email Hack to Get More Leads and Sales

by Kate Sullivan | 3 comments

You’ve got email subscribers. You’ve done all that work. Now you can’t get anyone to buy anything. People spend too much time trying to get people to sign up to their newsletter when they already have a bunch of email subscribers who already...