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piranhatruepenny writes about the difference between her male and female characters in terms of how they interact with her as the author.
and i am envious, as always when somebody talks about the rich inner life their characters have in their heads. my characters don't talk to me at all out of their own free will. i have to ask them questions. and i have to ask the right questions, or the answers won't get me anywhere. and even if i ask the right questions, the answers don't always get me somewhere. i envy people whose characters talk to them; even if they lie. it's not particularly entertaining to have to carry every bloody conversation, and so many of my stories get stuck for long periods of time because i don't always know what to ask next.
but at least the feminist police won't come after me, because male or female or otherwise sexed and gendered, they're all equally uncooperative. *wry grin*.
and i am envious, as always when somebody talks about the rich inner life their characters have in their heads. my characters don't talk to me at all out of their own free will. i have to ask them questions. and i have to ask the right questions, or the answers won't get me anywhere. and even if i ask the right questions, the answers don't always get me somewhere. i envy people whose characters talk to them; even if they lie. it's not particularly entertaining to have to carry every bloody conversation, and so many of my stories get stuck for long periods of time because i don't always know what to ask next.
but at least the feminist police won't come after me, because male or female or otherwise sexed and gendered, they're all equally uncooperative. *wry grin*.
