 For Authors: February 29, 2012 Issue [#4903] |
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This week: Writing from the Other Gender's POV Edited by: Crys-not really here  
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Writing from the Other Gender's POV
I recently finished reading John Green's new novel The Fault in Our Stars. I had only read one of Green's novels before, An Abundance of Catherines, and although it was a well-written story, I just couldn't relate to the teenage boy protagonist. I picked up The Fault of Our Stars for two reasons: 1) the intriguing "Cancer Kid" storyline and 2) the even more intriguing fact that this was Green's first novel written from a female point of view.
Although none of Green's teenage characters talk or act like "typical" teens, I thought he did a great job at bringing to life 16-year-old Hazel. Green has never been a teenage girl suffering from lung cancer, yet he makes her a believable character that I could relate to, laugh with, and cry for.
I've never successfully written anything from a male's point of view, but then again, I've never really had a desire to. I've always been worried about getting important details wrong. Although I may have some idea of what kinds of activities teenage boys these days are into, I will never know what it's like to think like one. It always amazes me when an author can write from the opposite gender's point of view, and do it well.
Then again, maybe taking that kind of risk is what makes a writer a writer. It's easy to create characters just like yourself. It's challenging to create a human with different life experiences, goal and expectations than yourself. Ultimately, that's what we as writers need to accomplish. Writing from a male protagonist's point of view is definitely on my list of things to accomplish.
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