To some extent, but not all in one place. One of the main characters of the novelette series I’m writing, Bertie is a self insert at first, and some of his history plays into the plot. I’ve also posted about some of it on my blog.
SPOILER: Earthlings: People of the Dawn part 6 -- the Ancestor’s Legacy version 2 is a depiction of a genuine utopian future, and at one point one of the characters finds out about Bertie’s past psych problems in “Ancient Earth: the MMORPG” and there’s a very stark contrast between the game’s depiction of pre-rationalist Bertie and th rationalist Bertie that the reader gets to know throughout the series.
PSA: the way to write good self inserts is to have them diverge from you over the course of the story, and make them realistically imperfect human beings.
To some extent, but not all in one place. One of the main characters of the novelette series I’m writing, Bertie is a self insert at first, and some of his history plays into the plot. I’ve also posted about some of it on my blog.
SPOILER: Earthlings: People of the Dawn part 6 -- the Ancestor’s Legacy version 2 is a depiction of a genuine utopian future, and at one point one of the characters finds out about Bertie’s past psych problems in “Ancient Earth: the MMORPG” and there’s a very stark contrast between the game’s depiction of pre-rationalist Bertie and th rationalist Bertie that the reader gets to know throughout the series.
PSA: the way to write good self inserts is to have them diverge from you over the course of the story, and make them realistically imperfect human beings.