Writing Discussion 1

Thanks to everyone who's made topic suggestions thus far. I've decided to combine two suggested topics.

The Fine Art of Character Voice while still staying original

and

How to avoid Mary Sues

One, because I think these two topics excellent for getting into character discussion and also because, two, I'd been having issues with one of my own character's voices (I feel like the character may be channeling the tenth Doctor from Doctor Who a little too much).

I would also like to add a third topic to this - making your character fallible, or, how to write a character so that they're not always right. Because I don't know about everyone else, but there have been times I've been horribly tempted to make my protagonist nothing but the voice of reason.

So please chime in with any thoughts you may have, whether it's all the topics or even just one of them.