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Oct 4, 2015 at 10:25pm
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Re: Character Traits
If I begin feeling a character is coming up this way, I like to find one of the many "Mary Sue" tests available on the web. Then I alter a few things that will make the character score better (i.e., less of a Mary Sue / Marty Stu.)
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