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Writing Rule

One Of Me

📖 Ready Player One 🎙️ Episode 2 ⏱️ 0:21:41

The Rule

Don't make all your characters you

As with One Of Us, characters should not all be the same. They should especially not all be stand-ins for the author.

Commentary

Author inserts are dubious, but can arguably be used by skilled authors to some benefit. When the author becomes all the characters, the book becomes tediously predictable.