#writien tips

Hi @decorxtiveocean, I just saw this comment on my other post and I really wanted to talk to you about this. First things first, I understand completely where this anxiety is coming from. As a writer, you spend a lot of time researching and you know what you’re talking about, but I assure you, no reader is going to think you’re an idiot.

You can have your genius be wrong and still prove you know what you’re talking about. You can have your genius character struggle to find an answer, stumbling their way through everything until they find the answer they need, or you can have them proven wrong by another character (their friend, colleague, sibling, parent, or the one character you least expect to know that one thing). This way, you can still prove that you know what you’re talking about or put forward information that your readers need while also making characters more dynamic and adding more to their interactions.

Writing a genius character is great becasue they have all the information you need to convey and can do it in a way that means you’re not just info-dumping. But at the same time, genius characters need to be more than just an encyclopedia, they still have to be a dynamic character. You can introduce other flaws such as poor social skills (like in cases of Spencer Reid in Criminal Minds or Dr Brennan in Bones) or substance abuse problems (like Sherlock Holmes), for example. There are a lot of ways you can approach the character, but introducing flaws or putting them in a situation that tests the extent of their knowledge helps to show them as a more dynamic character and makes them more interesting for the reader.

I hopes this helps in some way and I wish you all the best with your writing!