tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87200667653851324.post5475937068084602455..comments2024-02-07T00:35:31.932-08:00Comments on Duncan Lay: Guest blog with author Sophie Masson: Can women write male characters and vice versa?Duncan Layhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07905371415934492472noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87200667653851324.post-91813940395259707462015-02-03T16:11:17.228-08:002015-02-03T16:11:17.228-08:00Gawd, I hope so - because my book-in-progress is f...Gawd, I hope so - because my book-in-progress is full of female characters...<br /><br />One thing I've been conscious of - having written a book that has so many female characters - is that I've made sure most of my Beta readers are women, so that they can catch anything that doesn't feel right about my female characters...<br /><br />So far, I've been doing OK - the only major change was to a rape scene where it was pointed out - and quite rightly - I had the power-dynamic all wrong... being a white middled-aged man of privilege, I can see how I got that wrong... <br /><br />I think there's been a long history of writers writing about opposite genders.... and history has shown that it is possible...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com