What's the general opinion on writing in the first person for the opposite gender? That is to say, I am a man who writes from the first person perspective of a woman or vice versa?
Is this generally not done? Looked upon poorly? Does it weird anyone out? Or is it just avoided for the obvious difficulties it would entail.
Is this generally not done? Looked upon poorly? Does it weird anyone out? Or is it just avoided for the obvious difficulties it would entail.
I think it can be done but requires you to root yourself *very* strongly in that character...if you're going to write a female perspective in the first person, you're going to have to set your maleness aside. and maybe have a female look it over for you after, just in case.
The bigger issue is that writing in first person can limit your story in scope. You can only write about what your character personally sees and only about your character's own feelings.
First Person Perspective
- 04/09/2009 06:34:16 AM
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Re: First Person Perspective
- 04/09/2009 07:00:02 AM
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It is fine if it is done well. I have seen it done very well and embarrassingly badly.
- 04/09/2009 09:22:44 AM
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Well...
- 04/09/2009 05:43:48 PM
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Honestly, I don't think that it would be that hard for a man to write from a womans view point.
- 04/09/2009 09:28:19 PM
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Re: It is fine if it is done well. I have seen it done very well and embarrassingly badly.
- 05/09/2009 12:28:28 AM
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Anne Bronte did it quite sucessfully in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
- 04/09/2009 09:13:53 PM
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