Fiction

SheilaT

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1. Sometimes they can, sometimes they can't.

Fri Apr 17, 2015, 11:26 PM

Apr 2015

I just did a beta read of a YA novel, written by a man, told in first person by a young woman age 16. Every so often I could really tell it was written by a man, and I couldn't quite articulate what was wrong. I will see the author next week at a writers conference, and I want to discuss that problem with him.

When I'm writing I do write both male and female POV, and it may well be that I at least sometimes get the male POV all wrong.

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Can men write women? Can women write men? [View all] Susannah Elf Apr 2015 OP

Sometimes they can, sometimes they can't. SheilaT Apr 2015 #1

Can you think of a time Susannah Elf Apr 2015 #2

No, I can't. More often I notice that a male writer SheilaT Apr 2015 #3

This is an interesting question. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #4

Now that it's the morning after Susannah Elf Apr 2015 #5

I can think of one from a book I read recently. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #7

It's going on my list! Susannah Elf Apr 2015 #8

Watched a bad rom-com a year ago. DetlefK Apr 2015 #6

Whew! Susannah Elf Apr 2015 #9

I've been mulling over your question since you posted it. scarletwoman Apr 2015 #10

Here is a male writer who writes women well: Susannah Elf Apr 2015 #11

Reynolds Price's book, Kate Vaiden is a remarkable example of japple Apr 2015 #12

I've never heard of Susannah Elf Apr 2015 #13

The Lacuna is my favorite of all of Kingsolver's works. I loved japple Apr 2015 #14

I ordered the book from my library. Susannah Elf Apr 2015 #15

It takes a bit of reading to get into the rhythm of Reynolds Price's writing. I struggled japple Apr 2015 #16

Wally Lamb's mantis49 Jul 2015 #17

Yes pamela Jul 2015 #18