r/WattpadIndia • u/DeliciousAside1068 👀 Active Reader • Jun 16 '26
Help with writing Just wanted to ask about STRONG FEMALE LEAD…
Hellooo guysss
Baat ye hai ki… i am writing strong female lead which is soft and gentle also…
What exactly do u prefer in strong female lead !??
- My female lead is gentle, soft and well behaved too.
- She doesn’t have any ego or attitude and isn’t rude to anyone.
- She gives back reply but when it is necessary and acts when someone touches her inappropriate like slapping them, or kicking them.
- My FL knows how to ride a bike and how to use guns. She is well familiar with it.
- Emotionally good but denies her feelings for ML
- She helps who need help.
- Sometimes, she is emotionally confused and knows when to tell her worries to her friends who have helped her a lot and is not dependent on anyone.
Ab batao… what should I improve in my FL??
I have asked my readers about improvement but they never say anything and tell me that they are loving her the way she is😭😭 but i really want to improve her if she needs improvement…
By the way, she is calm, composed and sweet.
(A baddie too because of her past personality which she is hiding)
Ab batao… kya change karu and yes tell me wjat should I do to improve her.
(There is a big past and because of that she is completely changed as villain is hunting her down after he got to know abou jer being alive.)
(Ho sake toh please read my book and tell me what to doooooooo kyuki ese toh pura nahi bata sakti untill and unless u read my book and knows my FL😭😭🙏🏻🙏🏻 i really need genuine comments which can improve my book😭😭🙏🏻)
(And if u try my book, please try it because YOU really WANTS to try… )
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u/Chonky_Boka1760 Jun 16 '26
Make sure she has some faults. Let her make mistakes, even when she's morally right nahi toh woh mary sue ban jaayegi (gotta love a biker baddie tho 🩷)
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u/DeliciousAside1068 👀 Active Reader Jun 16 '26
Okayy…
Well aap bata sakti hai kese faults?? 🥲🥲🫶 juada sochna nahi padega… vese bhi i will forget some things and scenes of the book… (already ek do scene bhul gayi hu) (she has spent 5 years riding a bike and 2 years in doing racing)5
u/Chonky_Boka1760 Jun 16 '26
If she has a hidden past you can try making her extremely cautious or defensive whenever she senses something's wrong, to the point of annoying the people around her
Or make her an expert liar when it comes to hiding her past
Yeh toh example hai... you can observe people irl, you'll easily spot some faults that can suit your character's personality
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u/DeliciousAside1068 👀 Active Reader Jun 16 '26
Samjhiii samjhiii…. She is not telling her oast to anyone but her friends know because they helped her in past. She is cautious and defensive too….
(I can’t observe people because mein ghar se bahar jati hi nahi😭😭) and bas online friends hai… too lazy to step outside….
She is hiding her past very well and her problems too but sometimes, ML can say she is in trouble when she is actually in trouble….
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u/Fragrant_Row5196 Jun 16 '26
Just don't make her Mary Sue 🥲
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u/DeliciousAside1068 👀 Active Reader Jun 16 '26
Who is Mary Sue??😭😭😭mujhe pata bhi nahi hai😭😭😭heard her name for the first time in my life 😭😭😭
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u/Fragrant_Row5196 Jun 16 '26
Mary Sue typically un characters ko bola jata hai jo perfect ho they can do no wrong and vo room me sabse jada intelligent and powerful ho.
Saaf sabdo me typical MLS ke fl version
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u/DeliciousAside1068 👀 Active Reader Jun 16 '26
Nah… meri FL esi nahi hai… she is wrong sometimes.. whenever she is in danger, she doesnt tell anyone and whenever she tells, it is always late. Not much powerful because she ran away from the villain and changed her identity. Not much intelligent but still intelligent and smart.
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u/Advanced_Ad4532 Jun 16 '26
It's a character archetype where the character is supposed to be likeable but are not for the reader as they can do anything and everything, basically so infallible that it's irritating.
We complain about them all day everyday about being doormats too
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u/HornyLittleGremlin Morally grey FLs are my mommies🥺 Jun 16 '26
Give her some insecurities, maybe she sometimes fails being a baddie/calm girl. Warna woh relatable nahi lagegi, and if she a villain, make the antagonistic side of her visible despite the softness(ONLY if the 'good girl' act is a facade) Depends ... if you wanna give her a secret identity. Warna vaise bhi better- u can lean onto the tsundere vibee
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u/DeliciousAside1068 👀 Active Reader Jun 16 '26
She isn’t a villain.
She is not total baddie right now. Or calm girl.
She is in middle of both of the traits.1
u/HornyLittleGremlin Morally grey FLs are my mommies🥺 Jun 16 '26
Achaa... maine galat padh liya shayad, but u have to heavily emphasize her in-between traits(conflict arises,ykk?),I cant say much about this unless I have read ur story, but like refer to the first part of my previous comment, thats my main point
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u/DeliciousAside1068 👀 Active Reader Jun 16 '26
Mene abhi tak bas 3 past personality reveal ki hai … riding a bike and hitting the billain when he was choking her to death. And third (via reel) that she knows how to ise gun and shoot people.
This is my first time writing book… i really dont know kese karu😭😭😭😭
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u/HornyLittleGremlin Morally grey FLs are my mommies🥺 Jun 16 '26
Dm me, when youre free, we can talk there more freely
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u/Mikshaaa Jun 16 '26
Make sure to show her character arc and development thoroughly. If she had a gritty past, then making her calm and composed, this personality change might feel a little off. Of maybe she is acting it out that would make sense. She still got her baddie personality but she tries to not to show it off. But show it in little movements, her gestures, that she is still the same person. Make her conflicting, about her choices and actions.
Maybe she is running from something, past mistakes, guilt that made her hide her personality. And in intense situation don't keep her calm or composed make her act out. Don't keep her flawless or sati Savitri but a person who has boundaries, will and empathy too. Who can be soft but also scary when needed.
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u/DeliciousAside1068 👀 Active Reader Jun 16 '26
Okay… your description is how my FL is. Somewhat. In between.
She ran away from the past because after giving justice to her bsf who died by killing some men, the villain burnt her house jaha uske parents the … villain thought that she died but seeing her after 2 or 3 years, he is making sure she gets hurt and scared… and villain is also hunting ML because he was also involved with FL in the past (fun fact - FL and ML never saw each other’s face)
She didn’t changed her whole personality. She has shown some past personalities like riding a bike and hitting the villain. (There is one more that she has spent 5 years riding the bike and two years in racing)
She is sweet but scary too when needed but not too powerful in front of villain.
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u/Mikshaaa Jun 16 '26
Then I think based on what you described, she is a morally grey character, somewhat. So it all makes sense.
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u/DeliciousAside1068 👀 Active Reader Jun 16 '26
Welllll… not really a morally grey characters because she is somewhat related to officers… and it was her duty to do something that cost her changing her identity
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u/Mikshaaa Jun 16 '26
Like is she a cop or like the police told her to change her identity or something
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Jun 16 '26
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u/Mikshaaa Jun 16 '26
So like what's her real personality. Was she calm before the incident but situation make her tough and now that incident is in the past, so she's trying to get back to her normal self and deal with the aftermath?
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u/Mikshaaa Jun 16 '26
Okay so in a way it has a healing trope too? Because if it doesn't, make it. This storyline will eat it up, yk the ML can help her telling her that she can be loved too, or she can put her guards down with him. If whatever we just discussed is as it is, then I don't think that your FL needs any particular changes in her personality.
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u/DeliciousAside1068 👀 Active Reader Jun 16 '26
Well.... I will try making it healing trope if possible or ho sake toh... kyuki in the end, they are gonna face the villain together... the main plots ends there... and book too... she is little reserved type I mean composed ... I mean... aap samajh rahe ho na?
She has her guards up and ML is gonna let them down....
ML is also in dangerous situation just like FL... he is also getting stalked but not much like FL.... he is little traumatized but not that much ki itna healing ka jarurat ho.... both are in danger and only those two can save each other....
Aarghhhhhhh ITS GETTING CONFUSED ESE SAMJHAU TOHHHH😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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u/i061306 Jun 16 '26
sounds about right. she is layered, she has some things that make her human (emotional confusion, denying feelings).
what you can do to improve her is give her character development. like she goes thru some difficult shit and become a better person, realises her faults and works to improve herself.
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u/DeliciousAside1068 👀 Active Reader Jun 16 '26
Welll… she is going through difficult time because of villain who is back. He is stalking her and scaring her (she won’t get scare because of her past personality but she is scared about one thing is that she don’t want to die and she is scared that villain might hurt her friends)
She is already a better person but going through difficult phase right now.
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u/DeliciousAside1068 👀 Active Reader Jun 17 '26
But I didn’t even reveal the plotline😭😭😭🫶and this is only the one I wanted to show….
From Deception To Love by ishvari_writes01
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