"It’s dis-heartening to think the author wrote the book using diversity without a diverse audience in mind. The book was about my people - mi gente - but it was not written for me."
TW: I talk about my discomfort over misrepresentation of Hispanic culture in a recent book.
Adding diverse characters and settings in your book is a great way to expand your writing skills and a new way to craft your work. In that regard, we should aim to represent other communities respectfully and authentically. I talk about ways I've seen it not work and how together, we can do better as a collective going forward.
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Romancing the Story: Writing Romance, Storytelling, and Book Structure