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Pacwriter
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Registered: 04-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 28, 2006 - 03:45 pm: |   |
If a writer writes in THIRD person, does it matter to the reader that the writer is male or female?
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Stephen Lodge
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Registered: 06-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 28, 2006 - 04:57 pm: | |
"If a writer writes in THIRD person, does it matter to the reader that the writer is male or female?"
Not one bit.
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Novels by Stephen Lodge:
"Charley Sunday's Texas Outfit!"
"Nickel-Plated Dream"
"Shadows of Eagles"
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Gloria Marlow
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 28, 2006 - 06:04 pm: | |
I have read The Scarlet Letter in high school, the condensed version of The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks and Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks. I also read Who Needs a Hero by Todd Hunter
Those are the only books by men that I can remember choosing to read. Well, the first one I think I was forced to read by my English teacher, but it was the only book besides Ethan Frome that I ever actually read when they told me -- which is a completely different topic considering I devoured books, but only read two of the lists of "mandatory" books in school.
I mostly like romances and there aren't a whole lot of male romance writers. There used to be a famous romance writer who was a man, but used a woman's name. Can't remember right offhand. I didn't like "her" books because they were mostly written porn. When I found out she was a man, I thought "aha, that explains it"
Anyway, I think it may depend on what genre it is.
Gloria Davidson Marlow
**The Butterfly Game***Shades of Silence***Flowers for Megan**
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Gloria Marlow
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 28, 2006 - 06:09 pm: | |
P.S. ---
My apologies to the many men on this site whose work I have not read. Please don't take it personally.
Gloria Davidson Marlow
**The Butterfly Game***Shades of Silence***Flowers for Megan**
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Todd Hunter
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Registered: 02-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 28, 2006 - 06:22 pm: | |
It depends on what the writer is writing.
As Gloria mentioned, the reader is going to (like it or not) make assumptions of how well they can write a particular story based on the gender of the author.
Most readers aren't going to think a man can write suitable romance novels, for example.
That doesn't mean he CAN'T...but it's going to be an uphill battle of persuasion.
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