Do female characters need to be written differently than male ones, and if so why?
For me, the only big difference is the different gender cliches. If I was writing a fic with a doctor and a nurse, I would REALLY hesitate to make the nurse female, for example.
Which leads into what I find more interesting both as a writer and as a reader; I want to see gender lines and stereotypes get screwy, which (inhmo) makes a writer stronger. If the reader can't rely on the facts that this character drives a truck and is a cop to understand that the character is male, as I writer I'm going to have to get my inner voice much tighter and more effective so the audience doesn't have doubts.
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For me, the only big difference is the different gender cliches. If I was writing a fic with a doctor and a nurse, I would REALLY hesitate to make the nurse female, for example.
Which leads into what I find more interesting both as a writer and as a reader; I want to see gender lines and stereotypes get screwy, which (inhmo) makes a writer stronger. If the reader can't rely on the facts that this character drives a truck and is a cop to understand that the character is male, as I writer I'm going to have to get my inner voice much tighter and more effective so the audience doesn't have doubts.
Does that answer your question?