#18471 - 04/08/08 04:08 AM
Re: WRITING THROUGH THE EYES OF THE OPOASITE SEX
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lori32wf
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Everyone has male and female tendencies. If you want to write from a female's point of view, get in touch with your feminine side, if you're a male, and vice versa.
The only thing I would say, as a word of caution, is not all women are crying, helpless females who don't know their heads from a hole in the ground. Just like all men are macho men bent out to make the world an all male dominate ruled place. Some women are strong because of what life has thrown at them. And some men are weak for the same reasons.
If it's a subject you have no clue how they would react, then Maureen's suggestion would work. Ask someone what they would do. Ask a BUNCH of people what they would do. That way you have a base to work with and you can develop the character the way you want her to be instead of just going with the "norm" of what she is expected to do.
My best advice. Think outside the box! I want to do a story, without giving the ending away ;o), on a subject I have NO idea on. I want to make the character leap off the page and be believable.
The only problem is I have no one I can go to, so I'm going to have to wing it. I'm going to have to think like the character and try to make it come across as I KNOW what I'm doing, but have no base on the information I need. I love the challenge of it ;o)!
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#18485 - 04/14/08 03:00 AM
Re: WRITING THROUGH THE EYES OF THE OPOASITE SEX
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Nate741
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Its not easy but brainstorming helps. Also the influence of a sign or billboard, or even another author. (works for me anyway...)
As for getting in touch with feelings, hmmm uhm try music... it can affect your mood and feelings.
That or just clone Lori32... she can write anything... and make it sound GREAT!
Nathaniel
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#18490 - 04/16/08 03:03 AM
Re: WRITING THROUGH THE EYES OF THE OPOASITE SEX
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lori32wf
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Nate, are you trying to butter me up ;)? If so, it's working :D! And just for the record. Sex ISN'T just sex. But that's another discussion for another board  .
In my humble opinion, it doesn't matter who the character is, what sex it is, or what they're going to do in the story, if you get inside their heads then you can write anything.
You want them old, think about your grandparents/parents.
I wrote an editorial/story the other day on my grandfather. I looked back over his life and wrote from my point of view. By the time I was finished I could remember everything he did, bouncing off the walls in the middle of the night going to the bathroom, laughing his head off when we would get disgusted because he pulled his glass eye out and showed us, everything about him I remembered.
Now I can write a story about an older gentleman who looks to find the humor in anything and everything.
You want to write in a sick character, imagine, God forbid, one of your children, little brothers/sisters, nieces, nephews with an illness. How would you react? How would they deal with it? What would you do? What would they do?
And bentlink, :D, the last one is the easiest to answer. Just about everyone has lost a loved one, by them dying or by them/you walking away. Relive the experience, draw from it, and then write from the gut. (Sidenote: Forbidden love is the greatest one to write about because you get to explore MANY possibilities ;).)
The only way to write about the unknown is to get inside the character's head you want to write from. Doesn't matter what kind of character it is, if you can't get in their heads it's NOT going to seem real.
Someone told me something when I first started writing I'll never forget. He said write it from your heart, trust your gut, and then let it flow. Once it's down on paper then, and only THEN, go back and see if its plausible. I've stuck with that.
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#18536 - 05/02/08 06:19 AM
Re: WRITING THROUGH THE EYES OF THE OPOASITE SEX
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Nate741
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Nate, are you trying to butter me up ;)? If so, it's working :D! And just for the record. Sex ISN'T just sex. But that's another discussion for another board .
YUP that i am... Because I liked what I read and think you are a hell of a writer.
(I got a pitcher of melted butter right here Lori... Just in case... just kidding... )
I am also for the Cloning thing tho... you see with an army of Lori32's she can TAKE over the Writing and publishing industry! *EVIL MUAHAHAHAHAH!* Then we on nicestories will be able to publish anytime we want.!
*Insert ANOTHER EVIL MUAHAHAHA here!*
See the ploy here? :P
In all seriousness --
In my humble opinion, it doesn't matter who the character is, what sex it is, or what they're going to do in the story, if you get inside their heads then you can write anything.
Absolutely right. And I agree...
However, in all fairness to the SEX thing. It actually does depend on SEX a little bit.... Erotica and SEX sells in this day and age... And really well! Man or woman in a story plot, standard or otherwise it would sell... just has to be written fairly well and with little plot
*insert cheezy 70's porno music here*
But this happened, not long ago either...
A non random occurance where someone asked me to edit their work, and read their stuff on a site called the Kristen Archives (erotica site) that is not unlike Nicestories, or storymania where people can post.. (back in 2002ish.)
I am not a member of their site, and did not even know of their site until asked and given a link. (checked it out) But I receive an e-mail asking to edit/read and I do... and goddamned if it did not appear in an erotica magazine called Club international, at least 6 months later, and a couple of freaking off main stream magazines.
I personally don't like to write erotica because I wanted to be a "Respectable writer" But goddamn it... I edit one and he submits and looks what he gets. 15 min of fame so to speak... And probably paid for them, and a bit of history and a track record established.
So what the hell!? Lose respectability to being a pervert on some board to a writer for an adult magazine? shieeet! I hope the pages with his stories stick together with some fat gay guys blooey!
So sex does count!
The only way to write about the unknown is to get inside the character's head you want to write from. Doesn't matter what kind of character it is, if you can't get in their heads it's NOT going to seem real.
Someone told me something when I first started writing I'll never forget. He said write it from your heart, trust your gut, and then let it flow. Once it's down on paper then, and only THEN, go back and see if its plausible. I've stuck with that.
Good advice, have been doing that, learned from Bradbury and jack chalker seminars and a few others i have attended. and a Few how to books from the real authors. Not that they give you alot of their tricks of the trade but general info for your writing.
It certainly works!
Nathaniel
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