- Make sure she is rather bad-ass, except when it comes to that one guy (aka the hero*), who makes her change completely, so that suddenly she is oh so weak. It is also important that this guy makes her lose all her bad-assness like *that*. The guy does not necessarily need to have as passionate, or even any at all, feelings for her; in fact, it makes him cooler if he does not.
- Do not give her a proper personality. She only needs to consist of her bad-assness and passionate love for the hero.
- This bad-assness must consist of at least 90% sexiness. Ergo, her only power must be to be able to flirt with various male characters (I mean, her flirting with a female would imply some sort of bi-, pan- or homosexuality and that is something we simply can not have).
- The previous point implies that, naturally, she has to follow media's idea about what "being sexy" means.
- Whenever she has a conversation with another female, it has to be about one/some of the male character/-s.
- She must not do anything for her own sake. Remember, it is all about the hero.
- Giving her a name is not a high priority. The hero could always simply call her "babe", "sexy" and so forth.
- If you do give her a name, at least make her the only female character with a name.
- She has to be naked at least once (preferably more than once though).
- When she is not naked, make sure her clothes are revealing (as oppose to the hero, who should be properly dressed at all times).
*Note about the hero: Make sure that the hero is a male. A female hero would completely brake the norm and it just would not be sane (again, remember what I wrote about bi-, pan- and homosexuality).
There are, of course, plenty of other things (/rules) to have in mind when writing strong, female characters, but I hope that this small guide helped you in some measure. Good luck with your writing!
This sarcastic entry has been brought to you by Hedda, aka panphobic.
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