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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 5y ago by System‭

Question gender pov
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:24:00Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/27781
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Jack Rabbit‭ · 2019-12-08T06:24:00Z (almost 5 years ago)
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 writing from a male perspective, as I've noticed how quick readers are to pounce upon prose that sounds too 'girly' or too 'sensitive' to be a guy's.

If it helps, here are some key elements of this guy's personality and back story:

1. As stated, he's 19-20 years of age. 

2. He's had a mature-ish upbringing, bordering on emotionally abusive. 

3. He lives in a low fantasy setting. 

4. He has a cynical, nearly-cruel personality. 

Please, any help and/or insights would be greatly appreciated.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-04-27T16:15:44Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 9