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Q&A Should I make the gender of the narrator more obvious?

I don't think you should make the gender more obvious unless it needs to be more obvious. By choosing a 1st person narration the character uncovers him/herself and the logic should flow from how y...

posted 10y ago by nathancom‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:27:57Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/10705
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar nathancom‭ · 2019-12-08T03:27:57Z (almost 5 years ago)
I don't think you should make the gender more obvious unless it needs to be more obvious. By choosing a 1st person narration the character uncovers him/herself and the logic should flow from how you have conceived this character to express themselves.

Is gender really a duality anyway? Men and women express their gender in such a variety of ways that you could end up just creating an uninteresting and generic character if you start throwing in some token references.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-04-10T11:29:24Z (over 10 years ago)
Original score: 2