“ An alien had given her his phone number and asked her to wait. It was almost like dating again. ”
You think intelligence and grit can succeed by themselves, but I'm telling you that's a pretty illusion.
~ Nancy Kress
You must learn to be three people at once: writer, character, and reader.
Where did the bonds of maternity end? All children grew up, changed, became somebody else. Parents who trembled that they might lose a gap-toothed toddler to some terrible accident ended up losing him anyway, always, to time. The toddlers died, after all, and what was left was a bond with another adult, who had once been the beloved child.
A stereotype may be negative or positive, but even positive stereotypes present two problems: They are cliches, and they present a human being as far more simple and uniform than any human being actually is.
