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Q&A Everyone's a woman: how do you show that through gender-neutral language?

In my latest short story I'm playing around with common gender misconceptions. It's set in a near future society were men have disappeared, and all roles are taken up by women. The theme is played ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Liquid‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Prahara‭

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Q&A How do I know if my cast is diverse enough or too diverse?

Basically, I am writing a story and I want to know if the characters are diverse enough or too diverse. If I just state the characters' races, sexualities, etc, it might seem forced but I didn't re...

4 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by kaleidoscope‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Mark Baker‭

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Q&A How I should handle gender-neutral pronouns in technical writing?

I am writing API documentation for a mobile loyalty program and I am not sure which of the following is better wording: 1) When the user requests for their visit and order to be registered in thei...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Manmohan Singh‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Amadeus‭

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Q&A Averting Real Women Don’t Wear Dresses

Real Women Don’t Wear Dresses is when writers portray female characters possessing traditional feminine qualities as being less desirable, competent and reliable instead of their tomboy foils. They...

7 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Avoiding the "not like other girls" trope?

The "not like other girls" trope is pretty common in young adult fiction, arguably misogynistic, and usually applied to a female protagonist or love interest. Attempts to make a female character s...

7 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by weakdna says reinstate monica‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Moving away from a gender-based analysis

I'm writing a short essay on gender undercurrents of conversations, i.e. how do different people approach communication and problem-solving in their relationships. One way to phrase this is in term...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Buddhapus‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What's the least distracting method to inform editors I'm a woman?

I have a gender-neutral name, so people often assume I'm a man. However, a portion of the writing I do is for tech companies. Because of the lack of diversity in the tech industry, many of these c...

5 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Morgan Meredith‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I keep the gender of my main character purposely ambiguous?

I'm a newcomer to this community, and have recently started giving serious thought to my first novel. I'm basically working on an idea I had a few years back. It's fiction, has a lot to do with fae...

6 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Jack Rabbit‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is it considered faulty language to use Spivak pronouns in an essay?

High school level essay to be exact, but I'd like to also know if Spivak pronouns could be used in papers or publications. Should I just eliminate this option all together, never think about it aga...

2 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by marumarsu‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A The opposite sex in first person?

I have been writing about not just one, but two females; sisters. I've toyed with different methods/persons in this, but it seems I've come to an obvious roadblock. I wouldn't call it "writer's blo...

4 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Matthew Paul Chapdelaine‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Will my book have a better chance at being successful if I include more gender diversity in it?

My novel so far only contains female main characters. There are some male characters, but they are few and far between, and only play minor roles. Obviously it's hard to predict if any book is goi...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by klippy‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Pronouns when writing from the point of view of a robot

For the writing challenge, I'm currently writing from the point of view of a robot. Also another robot is frequently addressed. However I've hit a problem: Referring to the robots as “it” often giv...

5 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by celtschk‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Subverting the emotional woman and stoic man trope

In my post-apocalyptic story, the split of male and female main/supporting characters is 50/50. The girls and women in the story, Eris, Marina, and Ezrith, display very little emotion--Eris repr...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by weakdna says reinstate monica‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I present a future free of gender stereotypes without being jarring or overpowering the narrative?

My story takes place in a relatively near future setting where gender stereotypes have become a thing of the past. Unlike a recent question on another site, physiological sex-specific traits are st...

5 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Columbia says Reinstate Monica‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Realistically incorporating trans/nonbinary characters

In most books I read and movies I watch, there are rarely any LGBT characters, and the LGBT representation I do see is almost exclusively gay men, with a smaller amount of lesbians and a handful of...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by weakdna says reinstate monica‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to balance male protagonist sensitivity to women

My MC is an assassin by trade and has a military background - sniper, Special Ops, etc. He was raised partly by his sister after their parents died in a car accident. He normally listens to her as ...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Rasdashan‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A A critic made a comment that my female character sounds like she was written by a man

I'm a man. Working on my sci-fi novel. It's meant to be a light-hearted heist caper. My main character is a woman. She's a strong and sassy character based on the women in my life, and the story fo...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Ty_xy‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Need advice about changing character's gender

I had this idea for a story/novel that I was very excited about, but also very worried about. The idea had a plot where the character development plot and themes all grow and go together, something...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by worried writer‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to write female characters as a male writer?

Yesterday I asked a question about writing a female character who has agency. Much to my surprise, it was well-received and generated a lot of great discussion. In reading that discussion, howeve...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by J.D. Ray‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to indicate that the source language is gender-neutral?

The source language in question is Standard Chinese. It is a gender-neutral language. One big thing that English speakers complain about English is the gendered pronoun, namely the third person sin...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Double U‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What pronoun should a hermaphrodite species use?

In my fantasy novel, I have a species that is fully hermaphroditic: all individuals have both male and female reproductive organs. Like garden snails. Consequently, they have only one gender. They...

7 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Galastel‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I know if a concept is sexist or not?

In my story's world, witchcraft is a respected institution, with the most powerful practitioners being at the top echelons of society. Due to this, society traces its lineage through matrilineal li...

9 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I handle teenage sex in books for teenagers?

I am writing a book, in which the protagonists are two teenagers. They fell in love and it is time they were alone and had sex. As long as the book is destined for teenagers from 15-19, I would l...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Vassilis De‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A When developing a stage play, whose gender matters more? The characters' or the actors'?

When striving for gender balance in a play: What is more important, balance among the characters or among the actors? (Given that all characters are written as individuals, and not as stereotypes.)...

2 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by Drakryttare‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do you develop a strong female character?

Are there specific characteristics that one should strive for when trying to develop a strong female character? Is it truly dependent on the genre of the book, or are there certain elements that ca...

2 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Steven Drennon‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to write about transgender issues while avoiding cognitive dissonance?

As a writer, it is difficult to help your readers hold two dissonant ideas in their heads. This can occur when the situation you are describing does not match well with the lived experience of your...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by Nathan VanHoudnos‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I create uniquely male characters?

In How to write strong female characters, Standback says that the best way to write a strong female character is to make her uniquely female, the type of character that can not possibly be male and...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by TMuffin‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How would we write a misogynistic character without offending people?

In a short story I am writing, I have this misogynistic character who keeps saying misogynistic stuff, and I thought it would be a bad idea to give him dialogue lines. I was thinking that, because ...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by yocu‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is it bad to have no gender variety?

The majority of stories, movies, shows, comics, and other media I've read or seen have a pretty even split between men and women, and that's fine, I don't have a problem with it. But if I want t...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by weakdna says reinstate monica‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to describe a female character's figure without comedy?

Do you know a good way to describe a female character's figure? I'm writing a fairly serious story, but the only way I know how to describe this is from comedy stories, where they work out some jo...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by user29283‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I write God with a more feminine aspect and introduce it into my culture's mythology?

I want to write a religion similar to Christianity but with God represented as feminine. It is meant to highlight the differences between the sexes and emphasise traits associated with women over m...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Can I name a male character Artemis?

So I'm writing a story and there is a character that is a male that I want to name Artemis. The reason, simply put, is that he has a sister with a name I really like that is TECHNICALLY a boy's nam...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by APODO‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to write from the male point of view?

Friends. I am female, and have recently decided that my first book's titular character is going to be a boy of an age between nineteen and twenty. I would like some help as to how to go about wri...

5 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Jack Rabbit‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A YA bestsellers by reader's gender

There are lists with YA bestsellers. What they don't tell me is which books are bought by girls, and which by boys. Are there any resources showing (YA) bestsellers by reader's gender?

0 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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