( ) Your OC has more than 2 colors in his/her coat.
( ) Your OC has Bat Wings/Ears.
( ) They have an ethereal/flowing mane
( ) They have sparkles in their design.
( ) Your OC has had his/hers eyes change colors.
( ) Your OC has Slit/Snake/Dragon/Bat Pony Eyes.
( ) Your OC uses a form of dark magic.
( ) Your OC has changed species.
( ) Your OC is an alicorn (+5 pts.)
( X) Your OC contains neon colors. (Only in the eyes...)
( ) Your OC has non-canon markings.

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So, it a discussion in the writers group devolved into a discussion of what makes a Mary Sue. I had an idea that I was curious about how people would address.

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So, it a discussion in the writers group devolved into a discussion of what makes a Mary Sue. I had an idea that I was curious about how people would address.

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Bad Horse has an excellent article on subtlety in writing on his blog today. Go read it. (Yeah, that’s not very subtle. So?)

Alicorn Priest has another Writer’s Workshop, this one on Story Structure. I never knew what a Freytag’s Pyramid was before. Neat.

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Let me tell you what I've learned about characterization over the past few days. Firstly this composition will not be about 'what not to do when writing about characters,' but rather, this deals with our misconceptions concerning characters being identified as a Mary Sue in any medium of fiction genre.

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