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Creating Strong Female Characters and Powerful Female Roles in Bridge of Souls



Those who are familiar with my life, before adventure writing, will know that I have devoted a considerable part of my career to increasing equality of opportunity for those who face unfair obstacles in their attempts at self improvement.  

 For example, after spending years trying to highlight the inequality in opportunity for women in technology, by conducting research showing females were just as technically competent as males in technology fields (it may sound shocking but that was not always accepted!),  I found that nothing was really changing.  So I gave up my safe academic post and travelled to the Middle East, where I worked to help establish educational programmes for female students, who would otherwise have had their educational opportunities stifled within a very male dominated society.


Females Characters and Roles in Bridge of Souls 


When I came to writing Bridge of Souls I was very conscious that I wanted to create strong female characters and portray powerful female role models.  I did toy with the idea of making Tavish Stewart a female character but in the end decided that instead I would have a female character save Tavish at every key point in the story, where an intervention would be needed to return him to the plot.

It is a female police sergeant who saves Tavish in chapter one and a female barrister who rescues Tavish from police custody in chapter two.  With this insight, you can look through the entire story and see where key female characters intervene to save the hero.

The Ultimate Female Role

Then of course there is the primary antagonist in the Bridge of Souls, Swiss Billionaire, Dr Nissa Ad-Dajjal.

Here I wanted to create the ultimate female role in contemporary epic adventure.  Supremely strong, independent, intelligent and having that rare combination, the ability to match her ambition. 

I wrote the story around her and made sure she is always several moves ahead of every other character.

She also had to have an absolutely epic ending...  But you will have to read the story to find that out.

Who would play Nissa in a Movie?


I wrote Bridge of Souls with the intention of it making a visually compelling movie screenplay.  If that Movie ever takes place I hope that the role of Nissa will be one of the most challenging and appealing for any female actress.   Read Bridge of Souls and tell me who you think should play this ultimate female role.

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