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#PennedPossibilities 1137: Do you have an FMC, MMC, other gender MC, or more than one MC?

I have multiple main characters in all my books, all my aliens are intersex, and, in my latest WIP, the gender of one character is not identified by pronoun or otherwise.

#PennedPossibilities 1137: Do you have an FMC, MMC, other gender MC, or more than one MC?

Typically, I have a single MC, inevitably a FMC because I've until recently had little confidence (or success) writing male characters. Masculinity confuses me. I find it hard to write men convincingly.

Here's the score for the Reluctance Series started and planned stories.

• Reluctant (Courier for the Mob) WIP: FMC
• Reluctant Moon: FMC and MMC
• Reluctant Accomplice: FMC
• Reluctant Fighter: FMC
• Reluctant Consort: MMC and FMC, with the MMC being gay

Two other recent stories:

• Mars Needed Women: FMC and secondary minor FMC
• Inklings: FMC

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#PennedPossibilities 1137: Do you have an FMC, MMC, other gender MC, or more than one MC?

Typically, I have a single MC, inevitably a FMC because I've until recently had little confidence (or success) writing male characters. Masculinity confuses me. I find it hard to write men convincingly.

Here's the score for the Reluctance Series started and planned stories.

• Reluctant (Courier for the Mob) WIP: FMC
• Reluctant Moon: FMC and MMC
• Reluctant Accomplice: FMC
• Reluctant Fighter: FMC
• Reluctant Consort: MMC and FMC, with the MMC being gay

Two other recent stories:

• Mars Needed Women: FMC and secondary minor FMC
• Inklings: FMC

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion

#PennedPossibilities 1137: Do you have an FMC, MMC, other gender MC, or more than one MC?

Typically, I have a single MC, inevitably a FMC because I've until recently had little confidence (or success) writing male characters. Masculinity confuses me. I find it hard to write men convincingly.

Here's the score for the Reluctance Series started and planned stories.

• Reluctant (Courier for the Mob) WIP: FMC
• Reluctant Moon: FMC and MMC
• Reluctant Accomplice: FMC
• Reluctant Fighter: FMC
• Reluctant Consort: MMC and FMC, with the MMC being gay

Two other recent stories:

• Mars Needed Women: FMC and secondary minor FMC
• Inklings: FMC

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion

#PennedPossibilities 1137: Do you have an FMC, MMC, other gender MC, or more than one MC?

I guess I err on the side of female. Current book has a female MC, but I have written a book with a male MC and several with multiple mixed MCs. And three of my books have no MC at all.

#PennedPossibilities 1136: MC POV: A time you felt far from home was…

All of my human characters are 16 light years from home except for the two born on Chara IV.

#PennedPossibilities 1134:
What type of clothing does MC typically wear?

Historical.

On account of the story being set historically.

(fine. little more detail as you asked nicely.)
With only a little pushback, Hope wears largely what society expects her to. Justice wears what's pragmatic. And they're worlds apart.

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