I was talking with someone about - well, something else - and it occurred to me how well this also relates to writing. I'd like to be able to...
I didn't realize it while writing it, but reading my first draft of my mystery (whydunnit) novel I see that I don't portray women very well. My...
Hello folks, I would like the discuss the execution of a character in my WIP. This character is the main character's wife, and essentially...
Hello! I am writing a story featuring a trans female character. I initially planned to not discuss her being trans very much, because the story...
I've come up against a little of a wall in my writing and conceptualizing of stories set in the ancient Greek world. My problem is that I can't...
The following is a quote from the 1997 film As Good as It Gets. Woman: "How do you write women so well?" Author: "I think of a man, and I take...
One of the main characters in a work of mine, Amira, is a Muslim woman, a college student in her early 20s; her family immigrated to America from...
I'm wanting to know how to make sure my female characters are non-stereotypical as possible, or if that's even a huge problem with diversified...
So @KaTrian and I are writing a few different medieval fantasy stories set in the same universe and roughly the same time period. These societies...
I need some guys input here. I'm working on my novel and there have been several instances where I'm not sure if a reaction to stimulus was too...
I've found a bunch of non-fiction written by female combat veterans (most having experienced combat in Iraq) and a lot of fiction written by male...
I actually need a little advice about something. Y'all are generally older than me, so maybe your life experience will come in handy. 1) I don't...
i've joined this site today because, probably like everyone, i need to know if my work is any good or not. i like the idea of us writing reviews...
Being a woman myself and just starting my writing career, I don't feel one-hundred percent comfortable in my abilities to write guys properly. I...
I'm writing a story that takes place in Renaissance Europe (circa 1600s) and there are women who are mercenaries, however women in Renaissance...
She is 69 her new man is 10 years younger, she looks like alma or shirley valentine, or one of the leading ladies from Coronation Street. In real...
I've written a lot of stories, but I have never written a story with a MC that was a male. Normally I always do girls. Now, in my latest story,...
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