Strong female protagonist

Women can fight as good as men, or can they? Rose explains why muscular female characters are unrealistic and how to make them strong in a more meaningful, honest way.

Compelling female characters are hard to write without getting stuck within the frames of stereotypical roles. Strong female characters don’t mean women who are masculine or emotionless, and it certainly doesn’t mean women who are flawless. It’s not that simple. It’s not that superficial. Writing a compelling female character takes more effort than that.

A strong female protagonist is something hundreds of us writers have been scrambling to write correctly since…forever. Usually the female characters are all weak and pathetic or else theyR…

It's refreshing to see women on screen who aren't simply there to serve the male characters' agenda.

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Female characters are oftentimes some of the toughest and most impressive ones in the movie. From Shuri in "Black Panther" to Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games," here are some of the most badass female fictional characters in movies of all time.

Picture this: You’ve just written a scene, slaving away at your keyboard or notebook for hours, and all of your characters have done exactly as you told them—hallelujah, right? But wait…

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