:D Very nice post here. -doesn't have much time, yet will comment anyhows- XD
This is kinda why I would challenge myself to write for an equal number of males and females, though it depends on some of the circumstances (if it's a fighting sort of story or others, I try to balance with enough on both sides; if it is a situation where there really are more ladies or men, then I pretty much keep to that). As for historical fiction...I haven't quite lived up to that challenge as of yet, since I'm wary of what the details might be in those times--women's role expectations, etc. ^^; -is not the strongest writer out there...yet-
I don't think there is anything inherently easier or harder about writing a man versus a woman, but I do think exclusively writing one or the other, at all times, is a sign of weakness in a writer. (You can certainly choose that all your stories have a protagonist of one gender or the other but I consider knowing how to write both* in the same category as knowing how to write both present and past tense.)
The most common reasons for NOT writing the opposite gender are some of the same ones used for not writing characters of different ethnicities than oneself and hold about as much water. (tl;dr: PEOPLE. MORE SIMILAR THAN THEY ARE DIFFERENT.)
Exactly. :) The good news is that women and men are very varied in regards to their personalities and values. It also helps make the story with more variety and make the perspectives of the entire situation more complete.
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This is kinda why I would challenge myself to write for an equal number of males and females, though it depends on some of the circumstances (if it's a fighting sort of story or others, I try to balance with enough on both sides; if it is a situation where there really are more ladies or men, then I pretty much keep to that). As for historical fiction...I haven't quite lived up to that challenge as of yet, since I'm wary of what the details might be in those times--women's role expectations, etc. ^^; -is not the strongest writer out there...yet-
I don't think there is anything inherently easier or harder about writing a man versus a woman, but I do think exclusively writing one or the other, at all times, is a sign of weakness in a writer. (You can certainly choose that all your stories have a protagonist of one gender or the other but I consider knowing how to write both* in the same category as knowing how to write both present and past tense.)
The most common reasons for NOT writing the opposite gender are some of the same ones used for not writing characters of different ethnicities than oneself and hold about as much water. (tl;dr: PEOPLE. MORE SIMILAR THAN THEY ARE DIFFERENT.)
Exactly. :) The good news is that women and men are very varied in regards to their personalities and values. It also helps make the story with more variety and make the perspectives of the entire situation more complete.