Writing from a perspective that’s very different from your own is something authors have to deal with on a regular basis. Today on Authors Answer we’re discussing how we feel about writing from the perspective of the opposite sex.
Authors need to write from many different points of view. Men, women, children, and even animals or other non-human characters. It makes sense that a male author can write a male character more easily, and likewise, a female author can write a female character. But what about writing the opposite sex?
Question 116: What’s the most difficult thing about writing characters from the opposite sex?
Hmm, I’m not sure. I haven’t done it much, partially because I don’t want to get it wrong. But it’s something I’m trying out in my new WIP so it’ll be interesting to see how it goes.
The first thing is to remember that although there are differences, they aren’t as drastic as you might think. Not all women are crazy about pink. Not all of them are aware of the way they walk, and all women are NOT damsels in…
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