A while back I mentioned in a post that the majority of my POV characters tend to be male. And so it is with my two most recent stories. I don’t know why this is, other than to say that the character whose point of view I use is simply the one that seems right for [...]
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gender differences in writing?
Posted in characters, point of view, reading, writers, writing, tagged creative writing, gender differences in writing, gender stereotypes, point of view, writing, writing fiction on June 13, 2009 | 10 Comments »
opposite gender pov characters, and a new rejection
Posted in characters, fantasy, magazines, point of view, rejection, short story, submission, writing, tagged gender, point of view, pov characters, rejection, short story, writing, writing fantasy on December 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve noticed that in my short fiction, I usually write from the POV of a male character. In fact, of the stories which I’ve sold, 12 of them have had male POV characters, 3 of them female POV characters, and 1 had a POV which shifted between a male and female character. That’s pretty overwhelming, but [...]
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