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Alpha Blonde
I don't mind at all, as long as it's well written and I can believe in the authenticity of the character to some degree.
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I write outside of Lush and, for mainstream writing, the following rule is usually true - if your reader has cause to think of you as the writer, the fact that you wrote the story or even that you exist at all, then you have failed to keep them immersed in the story. If you do your job right, the reader should completely forget they are reading a story at all, and simply get lost in the characters, emotions, events and world that you have created for them. That is your ultimate goal as a writer.
So, on that basis I would say that the gender of the writer shouldn't be important at all.
However, the funny thing about writing for this site, is that for many of the readers, knowing who the author is and perhaps trying to picture them in the story or make contact with them once you've read their story is all part of the experience. So the rule above probably applies less here than elsewhere.
So, on that basis I would say that the gender of the writer shouldn't be important at all.
However, the funny thing about writing for this site, is that for many of the readers, knowing who the author is and perhaps trying to picture them in the story or make contact with them once you've read their story is all part of the experience. So the rule above probably applies less here than elsewhere.
Clumeleon
I have written from a female perspective before and I think I pulled it off. However, I think I would struggle to do so in the first person. Obviously I can relate to a male point of view a lot better, so I write better like that.
At times I have read a story and then been pleasantly surprised to find that the author was of the opposite gender of the main character. Some writers do it very well. I agree with MoW, you shouldn't be thinking about the writer when reading.
At times I have read a story and then been pleasantly surprised to find that the author was of the opposite gender of the main character. Some writers do it very well. I agree with MoW, you shouldn't be thinking about the writer when reading.
I prefer the POV and sex of the author to match. I can't really explain why. My best explanation is that I have very particular tastes in stories and so I like to feel that the author has some kind of personal interest in the story. Something that tantalizes them enough that they have projected some of their own desires into the adventure (or through a character). I have a suspicion and judging from behavior on Lush that many people are similar to me.
That's not a hard-and-fast rule though. I've read stories with authors of opposite sex than their POV and I've loved them.
That being said, I write in a female POV in most of my stories as a male. Mostly it fits the subject matter but I also prefer the female POV. The male view doesn't interest me to write in very much but I do have some stories written from that POV (none publish as yet).
That's not a hard-and-fast rule though. I've read stories with authors of opposite sex than their POV and I've loved them.
That being said, I write in a female POV in most of my stories as a male. Mostly it fits the subject matter but I also prefer the female POV. The male view doesn't interest me to write in very much but I do have some stories written from that POV (none publish as yet).
I've written from both perspectives and, depending on the character and the story, either one is fine... I've been amazed that readers seem to think I write female characters and POVs rather well since I'm just as puzzeled by the workings of the female mind as any other guy!!! But of course, in my stories, my women act as I wish they would..... Something that's rarer in reality......
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