Don't Say Characters Lack "Agency." Here's Something Talk About Instead. • Buttondown

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Mar 29, 2023
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Charlie Jane Anders

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There's one common term that I was pretty careful not to use in my writing advice book, Never Say You Can't Survive: "agency." As in, "characters in a story...

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Such a great essay from @charliejane on Characters and "Agency" (the scare quotes are very much on purpose). The lack of agency comment is often thrown at BIPOC authors as well. HMM.