Free advice for cis writers who want to do a story about a trans character troubled by their transition.
Print out your outline. Make sure it's nicely formatted and on quality paper. Take care in your presentation.
Then set it on fire.
Then throw your computer into the fire.
@Nezchan pardon my ignorance but why would that be a bad thing for them to write about?
@ben0_o Because they've got a bad habit of getting it very wrong.
Object example in this case is a new science fiction novel that relies on forced transition as the main plot point.
@Nezchan hmm..see my first thought was that 'why can't they write about it if they've taken the time to research it and approached it thoughtfully and sensitively despite not having gone through it themselves', in sort of an anti-gatekeeper stance. But that relies on them actually doing that
