In an effort to be a better writer, I've been subjecting my characters to this test I found where you can test to see whether your character is a "Mary Sue" or not. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, you can read up on it in this
Wikipedia article. I want to have characters that people will like because they are interesting, not because they are practically prefect in every way.
So, from time to time this summer, I will take this quiz to find out whether some of the characters I've created are Mary Sues. I strongly encourage other writers to try this test as well!
The Mary Sue TestTest Subjects:
Sailor -
gyrick.deviantart.com/art/Sail…Results - 16 (Not a Sue)
Comments - I actually find this a little surprising, but I am happy with the results.
Xavier & Leena -
gyrick.deviantart.com/art/Xavi…,
gyrick.deviantart.com/art/Xavi…Results - Xavier / 8 (Anti-Sue)
, Leena /19 (Not a Sue)
Comments - These results COMPLETELY surprised me. I would've thought for sure that Leena was going to be a Mary-Sue and Xavier was going to be borderline. Woo!
More to come ^_^