tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518615599963587871.post6424093358981833385..comments2024-03-28T22:55:48.258-07:00Comments on Diverse Reader: Yes. Women Can Write M/MDiverse Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624021933858896964noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518615599963587871.post-28363899499748174332014-06-21T18:37:06.432-07:002014-06-21T18:37:06.432-07:00I agree.
I once was directing a gay actor who had...I agree.<br /><br />I once was directing a gay actor who had no stereotypical "gay mannerisms" in his daily life. He always said himself that he "looked straight to the untrained eye." But the MOMENT he played a gay character onstage he became the biggest, most flamboyant and superficially "gay" man he could muster. It was not convincing at all, and might have even been offensive to some. He looked like he was making fun of gay men.<br /><br />The argument that people who have a certain life will write it better makes sense on paper, but the reality is some people GET people and some people not so much. I will argue this is trainable, but understanding anyone's motivation, intention, mood, personalities, and thoughts is independent of having those same motivations, intentions, etc. Some people can live a life and have no understanding of themselves, and some people don't have to live a life to understand it. And, honestly, I don't want to write about straight, white, young women all of the time, nor do I think that will make a good book.<br /><br />Plus, nothing ticks me off more than when a man says, "I can't write for women. I don't know what it's like to be one!"<br /><br />Oh yeah. But that paraplegic, orphaned international spy relates to you on a core level.<br /><br />You have to write about people who aren't like you. Just sometimes the differences are deeper than skin level. Or, in this case, genitalia level.Davelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11144628296824568015noreply@blogger.com