Am I supposed to care more about your character because they are Black?
What you cant write about normal people?
The author that wrote Alex Cross is White is he only supposed to write White characters?
Does that automatically make your story good?
These are some of the insults which we endure as writers and especially as African American writers with Afro-centric characters. Aside from statement four (Does that automatically make your story good?) most of it can be ignored. If someone is audacious enough to reference a Black character as something other than normal then you really are talking to a dolt, end the conversation immediately. Empathy for your character should be built from the ground up, it does not matter if your character is a protoplasmic gamete with the grandeur of becoming a zygote, if you cant write well enough to get me into that journey you need to practice the craft of story telling a little more.
Do not deviate from your set path of writing enriching, charming and wonderful characters. Every story does not need to be one of conflict and strife but it does need elements of improvement or the ability to overcome some outstanding issue. Not every piece of work you do will be a masterpiece heck you will be lucky to get a half of a masterpiece.
Personally I write like a a drunk driver drives - I am all over the road until I get to the end, I write worlds that require the reader to immerse themselves into knowing more than they want to know in an order that is contrary yet linear. I try to do this by telling multiple short stories woven into my characters circumference or movement, similar to the writing style of Paul Haggis' 2004 film CRASH.
What is your style?
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