Nisi Shawl On Transracial Writing

As seen on Rocket Kapre: Nisi Shawl On Transracial Writing. An excerpt:

The good folks over at the SFWA site have uploaded a piece by Nisi Shawl entitled “Transracial Writing for the Sincere” which deals with the challenge–and the necessity–of writing characters of a different ethnic background than that of the author. It’s a very well-reasoned and rational approach to a delicate and difficult part of being a good (in every sense of the word) author. While there is a focus on writing characters who belong to a racial minority, I think the advice is equally applicable to writing any character different from ourselves, whether due to social class, profession, gender or age.

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