Word. As an author, I've got to make the OC interesting. There must be something about her/him that distinguishes them from the rest, some special ability, know-how or power. I've got to be able to create a story about him/her and s/he must be important to the plot. An additional problem is that the OC has to be somehow connected to canon. When I introduce an OC in my fic, I have to make sure that s/he fits in, is a friend/relative/old school friend/etc. of some canon character, or meet them under some curious circumstances. And if I'm not mistaken, according to the Mary Sue litmus tests being related to some major characters is one aspect that characterises a Mary Sue.
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Date: 2004-01-19 11:45 pm (UTC)