Write Away

"write what you want to write and maybe take a look at what you default to and see if changing that up would change the story in an interesting way."

This is kind of my stance. I hear people talk about how characters "just come to them" being one way or another but I think it's worth looking at trends. Actually I think it's worth looking at all kinds of trends in your writing and seeing if there's anything you could change up and challenge yourself with. There's nothing wrong with sticking with what's familiar and comfortable if you want to but I think there's also nothing wrong with seeing if this is what you're doing.

I actually just watched the whole Piers Morgan thing this morning and I have to admit that I rolled my eyes the whole way through. I think his original questions were fine since he's not well-versed in the subject and he was probably saying what most of his viewers were thinking, but when he called Mock back he could have been less defensive about people telling him that there are problems with what he was saying. It could have been a good opportunity to explain to him and his viewers some Trans 101 stuff but that's not really what happened.

I'm not sure guns are a good example of something that people won't get personal about. I've seen people get very hostile if you get something about a gun wrong if they think the misunderstanding is due to you being pro-gun control.