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    Characters you re-use?

    I haven't said I want to discourage the new writers. And that's not just a quote to feign innocence, either; I actually don't want to discourage new writers. And also, there is not a single person that has complained to me about my reviews being too harsh, although I acknowledge the fact that...
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    Characters you re-use?

    @Viki Don't tell me what to do with my criticism, then. (Also you seem to have assumed the worst of what I would do. As you can see from how I have behaved in this thread, I tend to not put my caps lock on and just tell them to stop being Mary Sue and leave it as that). @Flora Well, myself, for...
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    Characters you re-use?

    You don't have tell them to stop writing self-inserts to if you don't want to. I can and will, because I think it benefits them. From experience and observation, I have deduced that mollycoddling is a bad way to educate. If it's taken as a personal attack, well, I could also say that you have...
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    Characters you re-use?

    If people post their writing online it generally means they want feedback from a different point of view rather than theirs. And since self-inserts are generally portrayed badly to other people, I would point that out to them, to help them improve their writing for other people to read, which is...
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    Characters you re-use?

    Don't interpret it as arrogant boasting if it bothers you so much to ignore the actual point. I meant I don't think I'm that special or anything which is why most people should able to continue to write without the self insert parts. Actually, I really do think that even yelling at them would...
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    Characters you re-use?

    I didn't yell at anyone. And actually, it likely is going to help, if you don't go about it in away which makes them lose their confidence in writing. I also didn't say they have to be typical shounen protags either. In fact, a large amount of ones I encountered were the romantic partners of...
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    Characters you re-use?

    Well, when I started writing at around ~10 or so, I never had a self insert. In fact, my main character was female. And they weren't overpowered at all. So I don't see why people who start writing at around 13 or something would need the overpowered OCs to start their writing career.
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    Characters you re-use?

    Generally, you are very emotionally attached and empathetic towards characters you use a lot. You are most emotionally attached and empathetic to someone who is the same as you, that is, self insertion characters, which are much more likely to be Mary Sue than most others. Oh and in my opinion...
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    Characters you re-use?

    If you say "when it's just your own stories", then why not just satisfy the little devil inside your mind and write everything as Mary Sue for wish fulfilment? I agree with Phantom. Most instances of major recurring characters are self-insertion and those don't work well.
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    Characters you re-use?

    I only re-use characters in the context of the same universe and same time period. Basically, it's not really "re-using" when it's the exactly same character appearing, but it kind of is... But it's quite likely that I'd use the characters' personalities again with some tweaks if I really like...
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