Take the 2-minute tour ×  Are there specific characteristics
that one should strive for when trying to develop a strong
female character? Is it truly dependent on the genre of the
book, or are there certain elements that carry over across all
genres?  share|improve this question what makes a strong female
character different from a strong male character, or just a
strong character altogether? –  Lauren Ipsum Aug 4 '11 at 19:33
Not really an answer to the "strong" but writing any believable,
true-to-life characters outside your race, age, orientation,
gender, etc I would highly recommend Writing the Other:
amazon.com/Writing-Other-Conversation-Pieces-8/dp/193350000X – 
oldrobotsneverrust Aug 4 '11 at 21:19 @Lauren: I don't know.
What does? ;) –  One Monkey Aug 5 '11 at 11:45 Seriously, this
is vague. There's strong in the sense of loud and opinionated.
There's strong in the sense of quiet but unyielding. –  Lynn
Beighley Aug 7 '11 at 2:29 Define strong character and also
define strong female character. –  Unre