I don't write any characters of any gender or ethnicity simply to fill out box ticking quotas.

…thing more than give a female name to what is essentially a male character. That isn’t good enough. A female character has to have some narrative purpose for being female other than to fill out a quota.
Should White Writers Write Black Villains?
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Walter Rhein
Simon Dillon
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May 4, 2021
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I don't write any characters of any gender or ethnicity simply to fill out box ticking quotas. On this point I absolutely agree.
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Written by Simon Dillon
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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
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