tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post3036526823240322722..comments2024-02-24T08:17:41.032-08:00Comments on One Bite at a Time: Not Just Write What You Know, But Who You Know?Dana Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post-2701196047826909442015-02-19T11:38:58.813-08:002015-02-19T11:38:58.813-08:00I know what you mean. The book I completed last mo...I know what you mean. The book I completed last month and the WIP both have more female characters than my usual efforts. I'm aware I need to be careful, but that's more because I want to make them believable characters than anything else. What some forget is, they're people who happen to be women, and a lot of"people" things apply to everyone, regardless of gender, nationality, sexual orientation, religion, whatever. <br /><br />Care must also be exercised when commenting on a writer's work not to read too much into a single character. To have a female character who uses sex as a way to get what she wants should not be extrapolated into the idea the author believes that of all women, any more than writing a male rapist implies all men are rapists. Now, if a disproportionate number of characters of a different background from the author have characteristics that are too similar, then it's cause for concern. Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post-76130319115651856212015-02-19T10:23:35.172-08:002015-02-19T10:23:35.172-08:00Interesting. Sometimes I am not sure whose voice I...Interesting. Sometimes I am not sure whose voice I am writing in. I write a lot from the male POV, which I am sure I don't always get right. But that voice is unstoppable once it is in my head. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com