A woman in this story i was writeing

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Here’s the thing, I am a writer. As a writer, I write characters who come to me. I love writeing female characters, becuase their strangh never eally comes out phyiclly…it’s more emotionally. But again, I characters as they come to me…I write stories as they come to me…and my only rule has always been no nudity, or sex and stuff.

i was writeing a scifi story, and there is a character who is a woman but she’s A woman in the military, a captain of a ship. Do I need to change her to be a man? Is this against the catholic church?

I had this other fantasy story, where a woman not in the army, picks up a sword and helps soilders fight off bad guys, they are vastly out numbered and a whole nation is at stake (this is in a period where swords are used…only it’s a fantasy world…so yeah…( Is that wrong? Should she not pick up the sword and help? In “Lord of the rings” movies, Eramir did fight…so I don’t know…\

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There’s religion and then there is reality. If the woman can fight she can fight. If she can sail, she can sail.
 
You write fiction, right?
I do not believe the church has any official teaching concerning fiction.

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Emly:
Here’s the thing, I am a writer. As a writer, I write characters who come to me. I love writeing female characters, becuase their strangh never eally comes out phyiclly…it’s more emotionally. But again, I characters as they come to me…I write stories as they come to me…and my only rule has always been no nudity, or sex and stuff.

i was writeing a scifi story, and there is a character who is a woman but she’s A woman in the military, a captain of a ship. Do I need to change her to be a man? Is this against the catholic church?

I had this other fantasy story, where a woman not in the army, picks up a sword and helps soilders fight off bad guys, they are vastly out numbered and a whole nation is at stake (this is in a period where swords are used…only it’s a fantasy world…so yeah…( Is that wrong? Should she not pick up the sword and help? In “Lord of the rings” movies, Eramir did fight…so I don’t know…\

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Why would you even think that whether in a fictional book or real life that the Church is against a woman being in the miltary and captain of a ship?
In case you are thinking about women not being able to be priests, this has absolutely nothing to do with anything else.
 
Truly good fiction mirrors and mimics reality. does she pick up the sword for a just cause? If it is a just cause, does she later regret the use of it? If it is an unjust cause, are there reprecussions? How does she handle those?

The Churhc does not say that it is worng to write about someone sinning, but the Church would have a problem with someone sinning with no consequences, as that implies that there are none. The Church does not require that our heros be sinless, but that they strive to overcome sin through grace.

Go read some of the great Catholic literature; it might surprise you.
 
Just advice if you want to be a serious writer…‘writing’ has no ‘e’.
 
I’ve never encountered someone, claiming to be a writer, who was so challenged by simple spelling and punctuation rules.
 
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I’ve never encountered someone, claiming to be a writer, who was so challenged by simple spelling and punctuation rules.
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Mark Twain. He was well known for giving his editors a workout. And I know a few more very good modern writers personally who cannot spell to save their lives.

Whether you can spell perfectly has no bearing on your ability to write a story.
 
As Otm says, it’s okay to write about people sinning, as long as you put it in context. For example, you could write about a thief or murderer, as long as you indicate the damage his actions have on him and other people. Dostoevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment comes to mind.
However, there’s nothing sinful about a woman being a Star Trek type commander or warrior. There are a lot of brave women in our modern military. Although it’s a controversial subject, no one can doubt their good intentions or valor.
 
Island Oak:
I’ve never encountered someone, claiming to be a writer, who was so challenged by simple spelling and punctuation rules.
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A wonderful friend of mine is a brilliant writer - I’ve never read stories such as his that come to life as his do. Unfortunately, he is a terrible speller and has no concept of grammar or punctuation in the least, which makes reading his stories incredibly burdensome until they are edited. Once edited, his stories are fluid and perfect and nearly priceless.
 
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