/lit/ - Literature

I must not Mary Sue.
Mary Sue is the story-killer.
Mary Sue is the little-hack that breaks total verisimilitude.
I will face my inability to write flawed protagonists.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the Mary Sue has gone there will be emotional self-validation. Only Paul Atreides will remain.