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| Subject: | Re: How to write a story from a guys persepective! XO help! |
| Author: | Etoile (Authenticated as Etoile) |
| Date: | April 5, 2012 at 12:46:47 PM |
| Reply to: | How to write a story from a guys persepective! XO help! by LILY |
Just write it. Don't worry about whether it "sounds feminine" or not. Then get someone to read it. Either come back here or show it to someone else. Don't ask them if it "sounds too feminine" or not, just ask for a general critique. If they think it doesn't "sound masculine" enough, they'll tell you. If it's fine, they won't mention it.
I was trying to explain what it was like for me to figure out how to write male characters that didn't seem "too feminine" to me, but I kept deleting it because it just wasn't coming out right. It sometimes seems like it shouldn't be that hard to do (I mean, you're still writing about human beings), but at the same time, gender can be complicated. By this point, the most important thing to me is that I really understand the personalities of my characters regardless of gender and just pay attention to that when I write. That's the only other thing I'd suggest.
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