Litmus Tests and Writing about Social Issues

Write Pack Radio explores social issues such as racism, sexism, sexual exploitation and more. Listener Discretion is advised. Also, if you are in St. Louis area on August 23rd, 2014, Write Pack Radio will be recording in front of a live audience. We will be recording at the St. Louis Writers Guild: Writers in the Park writers’ conference. This is a free writers’ conference that is open to all genre and levels of writing. It will be at the Kirkwood Park Lion’s Amphitheater from 10 AM until 2 PM. Write Pack Radio will be recording from 1 PM until 2 PM. If you are in the area, please come out and join the audience. We would love to see you. For more information, please visit www.stlwritersguild.org.

In this episode, Write Pack Radio explores social issues in writing and litmus tests.

What is the Bechdel test? Are there other litmus tests that can be used? How do you avoid making cardboard characters? Can you use these tests to break stereotypes to make your characters more complete characters?

Do the stories that transcends the ages have a “social issue” at its center?

What are the stereotype social issue tropes in poorly written stories?

Do social issues show up in “family friendly” films or do they “play it safe”? What about big budget films and TV shows vs. lower budget films and TV shows—which is more likely to have social issues in it?

What about comic books and comic book movies?

Is every act of creative speech an act of social activism?

Is there a difference between author intent and reader interruption?

What are the modern social issues of today?

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