Tips for Writing Male Characters

Tips for Writing Male Characters

Thranduil the Laurelin Posts: 598

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12-12-2016, 07:43 PM (This post was last modified: 12-12-2016, 08:18 PM by Thranduil.)

I find males easier to write as well, but not necessarily because mine are emotion free. Thranduil deep down is very emotionally troubled. Mostly because he doesn't know how to process them or deal with them in a proper way, but I don't chalk it up to a stereotypical maleness (or I try not to write it that way anyway). I think there's a lot of emotion in masculinity, just not emotion like crying. Masculinity CAN be portrayed as a protectiveness, a lust, a vanity, a pride, and so many more. When it comes down to it, I think that emotions like these can be placed onto any character really, regardless of gender. As much of a 'male' as Thran may seem I can write him as a female. Maybe not as easily, but I would think you could go 'that's still thran in the inside'. Because for me, there are descriptors deeper than gender that make him who he is.

ETA:: Not saying gender isn't a factor, but maybe its the descriptors you feel more drawn too versus a gender stereotype. IDK

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