{"id":230449,"date":"2014-01-28T00:15:08","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T00:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/01\/28\/somethingtookish-merindab\/"},"modified":"2014-01-28T00:15:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T00:15:08","slug":"somethingtookish-merindab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/01\/28\/somethingtookish-merindab\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

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something\u2014tookish<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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merindab<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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darkestelemental616<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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merindab<\/a> replied to your post<\/a>:merindab replied to your post:I did an analysis of\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n
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No, but even my own fic default character is male. I realize that\u2019s a habit. But it\u2019s hard to break<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Most of my books tend to be about women, funnily enough. But I grew up on a lot of Tamora Pierce\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

See almost every story I read growing up, it was male heroes. I grew up on a lot of classics and King Arthur and Robin Hood and Phineus Fogg were all men. Later I got into scifi and fantasy and the trend continued with Lazarus Long and Ender and Baginsses.<\/p>\n

TV wasn\u2019t any better with Captain Kirk and Picard and Bridger and Sheridan. Sam Beckett and The Doctor.<\/p>\n

Movies gave me Indiana Jones and William Wallace.<\/p>\n

I realize this should make me want to write more female characters. I know the problem with representation. But it\u2019s still very, very hard for me to write female characters, though I do try. At least I\u2019ve written River and Tamara.<\/p>\n

This is also another part of why I changed my major.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hey! I\u2019ve been eavesdropping on your conversation because I\u2019m noseyyy<\/p>\n

I had this same problem for a long time, until I kind of sat myself down and told myself \u201cAlanna. You know plenty of ladies that are just as interesting as the guys you read about. Just write your ladies with the same attention that you would your dudes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get so hung up on the fact that they\u2019re ladies. See them as characters first. Focus on traits that you find interesting and fun and engaging and go from there. We\u2019re conditioned by society to see more value in male narratives, so challenge that. Drop a lady in a hero\u2019s journey or a coming-of-age story. Make her cocky and flirty and funny and cool all the things you find engaging about the guy characters you like.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s actually really fun once you get past the initial knee-jerk reaction. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

No by all means come in \ud83d\ude42 I value your opinion too!<\/p>\n

Your absolutely right, they should be characters first and given all the attention that entails. <\/p>\n

I know it\u2019s my issue, not anyone else\u2019s. I really want to take my idea of the Doctor\u2019s Daughter meeting John Hart and Jack Harkness\u2019s daughter and them having wild crazy adventures together while she looks for information on her parents. <\/p>\n

Or turning it into original fic about a pansexual space pirate and her lesbian girlfriend\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

something\u2014tookish: merindab: darkestelemental616: merindab replied to your post:merindab replied to your post:I did an analysis of\u2026 No, but even my own fic default character is male. I realize that\u2019s a habit. But it\u2019s hard to break Most of my books tend to be about women, funnily enough. But I grew up on a lot of … <\/p>\n

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