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Your Female Characters Are So Strong

Your female characters are so strong they’re flexing their way out of the written word, ripping the cover of your book apart, and leaping off the page to bench press unsuspecting readers.

Your female characters are so strong their hugs hurt. “Don’t,” your other, softer characters say, stepping back, when your strong female characters try to greet them. “I’m happy to see you. But — don’t.”

Your female characters are so strong they split their kneecaps yesterday at the squat rack in the gym.

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A Day In the Life of an Empowered Female Heroine

Previously: A Day in the Life of a Troubled Male Antihero

She woke up like she did every day: slowly pulling her motorcycle helmet off, then shaking her head slowly back and forth to reveal a long, blonde ponytail. Everyone gasped. “That’s right,” she said, kicking the winning football goal before sliding into a sheer, sexy camisole under a blazer and playing as hard as she worked, “I’ve been a girl this whole time.” One of the guys, the real sexy one, shook his head in slow motion, as if to say “wh-wh-wh-whaaat?” You know the kind. His mouth was kind of open while he did it. He was totally blown away.

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