I think it does need to be encouraged. What I’m saying is, when stories are being reviewed, it couldn’t hurt to consider that as well. I’m not even denying it isn’t included, I’m saying that should be apart of scoring, because it’s important.
For you to say ALL stories already have that is a little absurd lol- a lot of authors tend to have similiar characters because they ever got the opportunity or never had the thought to explore that specific strategy within character building- making character traits different.
You may feel people need to prioritize one form of diversity, and that’s fine, but you probably shouldn’t dictate what other’s want to be discussed as well.
Also, the definition of diversity, the one I feel should be spoken on, is having a variety of traits within characters in a story- that is the already exisiting definition I’m considering rn.
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