𝖶𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖳𝗂𝗉𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖫𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗌

𝖧𝗈𝗐 𝖳𝗈 𝖶𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝖦𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝖥𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗅𝖾 𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝖾𝗋

For some odd reason, many writers,
including women, have an incredibly difficult time writing female characters. This may be because women are inherently more complicated than men or because of hundreds of years of improper representation within works of literature has
left society with absolutely no clue on how to write believable female characters, but whatever the case, people are messing up, and they're messing up bad.
That's why I've formulated these three tips to help you get on track to creating a wickedly cool female protagonist.

✎ 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁
This happens a lot with male writers; the male characters in the story are just like "yep I'm a dude" at the beginning exposition and that's the end of it, but for some reason with female characters the readers constantly need to be reminded that the characters are, indeed, female.
They're constantly over-exaggerating feminine qualities (despite it not being a part of the character) and waving red flags in the air every single moment she's around like "SHE'S A GIRL! LOOK, A GIRL!"
You do not need to repeatedly use the words "feminine" or "girly" to describe any aspect of your female character throughout the story.
And please, for the love of God and all that is holy, do not describe her boobs in her initial introduction. Just don't. You don't need to. Please. Don't. A little joke by her to her friend about her bra size is fine, but do us all a favor and don't describe her boobs in an area that isn't dialogue.
Yes, she is a girl and there are certain things that girls can do that you can insert, which I will describe, but don't go over the top about it.

✎ 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘆'𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄
Here, have some comics by Carly Monardo,
Meredith Gran, and Kate Beaton

As you can see, this is quite ridiculous,
but this is just an exaggerated version of what authors do; they think that it's anti-feminist or demeaning to give female characters...actual feelings, so they make this cardboard cutout "strong female character" that we've seen a thousand times before. She's strong, she's invincible, she doesn't care about what anyone thinks, she's hot but will never admit it, and she HATES BOYS.
Writing women like this is just...no.
Women are allowed to have feelings. They're allowed to cry and be scared and have crushes, and I feel that a character who has all these emotions and has to overcome them is a way stronger character than one that doesn't have these emotions at all.
You're also allowed to have girls who like doing girl things. She doesn't have to be a tomboy who's "not like other girls" and acts as "strong" as possible. Let her get her nails done and do her makeup. Let her wear dresses and blouses and pink things if she wants. Don't force her into a more masculine state because that's what you think is "strong."
(Note: Masculine female characters are great! But just because they're masculine doesn't mean that they don't have any emotions.)

✎ 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿
Seriously, it's not that hard.
You don't have to differentiate between male and female in every single moment of the story; just write her as a human!
She is a person who does things and
influences the plot, so if you're having so much trouble with her gender, ignore it! Gender is a construct, and if you're having trouble writing your character as a female, just do a little description and establishing stuff and then just write a human person!

𝗰𝗿: 𝘀𝗵𝗲-𝘄𝗵𝗼-𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀-𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀