The Rest of the Series...
I'd like to close this series not by offering any more tips or pointing out amazing strong female characters in fiction, but by challenging my fellow writers to craft truly strong women in their stories.
We writers have the amazing ability to influence people through the words we write. We don't just write our stories for enjoyment. We get to encourage people with our stories. We get to tell them truth. We get to inspire people. We get to show them what's right and wrong. We get to tell stories that change people, that change the world.
We get this privilege... Let's not abuse it. Let's use it!
My hope and prayer for all of my fellow writers is that God will guide them to write stories that will glorify him. I hope that those same stories can also help girls realize what it means to be a truly strong women of the Lord who don't look to their abilities or positions of power for their strength, but to their Lord and Savior.
Thank you so much for joining me during this series on strong women in fiction! Be sure to visit Notebooks and Novels again next week for a book review of Jenny Han's novel To All the Boys I've Loved Before!
Which of these posts was your favorite? Which was most helpful? Will you take on the challenge to write about strong female characters?
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This was such a great series, Micaiah! I loved hearing some new opinions about strong female - and male - characters, and there was definitely a lot of food for thought here. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThanks, True! I'm so glad that I could offer up some food for thought. =)
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I'm sure that they will, Skye. =) And thank you!
DeleteI really enjoyed reading this series, Micaiah! I don't read a lot with typical physically strong characters, but I DO find the femininely strong women characters that I read to be one of the most encouraging things to read, and agree we need more! A few I can think of are LOTR, "Flower of the Family", and "An Old-Fashioned Girl". Having gentle, serving women with compassion and strong convictions is something we should all have to look up to! One character I love, from a TV show, "When Calls the Heart" is Abigail Stanton. There are some things they have done with her character the past couple seasons that I wish were different, but under it all, she's not afraid to accept help, she doesn't view herself as above parr... and yet she's the first one to come to when something is needed, because she truly cares and will do everything she can to make sure anybody is taken care of, and I just love to watch it 😊.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Bri! I do love the feminine song female characters, especially those of Middle Earth. =) I hope that more truly strong women will show up in fiction! I LOVE the female characters in When Calls the Heart! Elizabeth Thatcher is my favorite character in the show, but I also agree with you about Abigail Stanton.
DeleteThis was such a thought-provoking and inspiring series, great job!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Gray! =)
DeleteThank you for this series! It was very uplifting and encouraging. (Also, I love your new picture :D)
ReplyDeleteYou’re most welcome-it was my pleasure to be able to write about strong women in fiction. =) And thank you!
DeleteI enjoyed reading this series. And thank you for sharing this. It's so uplifting.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it does tiring tho! On the other hand it's a gift too.
ReplyDeleteWomen are gifted in some areas.This is a great books.
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