I have a lot of thoughts about writing plus size characters, both as a reader and as a full-time freelance book editor.
Recently, its been on my mind for two reasons!
For one, I’ve seen a lot of reactions to the fact that the romantic heroine in the third season of Bridgerton is plump. A couple of the responses have been mean, but most of them have been positive.
The second reason this is on my mind is that the heroine in my work in progress—the sequel to Her Knight at the Museum, in which she’s an important character—is plus-sized. It’s not important to the story, though.
I know that writing plus-size characters is a sensitive and complex topic, and I’m interested to hear what other people think, too!
Obviously, don’t use fatness to represent a character defect.
I say “obviously,” but unfortunately, I come across this now and again as a reader. Sometimes a writer will use a larger body as an indication that the character is one (or more) of the following things:
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The problem is that there’s no single way to look at physical weight — nor is there any standard way of living it. For some people “fat” means not having your ribs protruding. For others it means too big to fit behind a steering wheel.
The reality is that most of us are thinner or rounder during various periods of our lives. I think I’ve hit “normal,” but I was very heavy at one point and extremely thin — nearly skeletal — at another. I’m hoping to just stay where I am. It’s a good weight. Too bad I never quite reached in when I was a lot younger!
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