: Re: 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.

Nice to see this topic come up again. This answer may complement the existing ideas.

Answer: Write a character (as an exercise), for whom you do not know the gender. Write out a nicely-fleshed scene, maybe an entire day, with meals, chores, interactions, a job, a date, a call to a friend, to a parent. Always keep in mind during this exercise that you as the author do not know the gender of the character.

Keep a notebook (or second document) handy. Every time you write a thought or idea or interaction from this genderless character that 'feels' gendered to you, write it down.

It may work for you, or it may not. But I wrote a genderless character over the summer and found the exercise interesting because so many things in daily life do in fact feel gendered.

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: Re: 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.

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: Cool is confidence Confidence may inspire people to follow you, but you don't have to be a leader to be confident. You need neither physical strength nor physical endurance to exude confidence.

: Have him sleep with a lot of women (ladies' man). He does not dress to impress "the guys". He's a lover not a fighter. Give him a rich father and an expensive car. Most people are willing

: Flashforward Tense I am a new-ish author. I've written a lot of books, but they've never been published. Anyway, for this new book I'm about to write the first scene is a flash-forward to

: Introduce light. Change course. Learn to love again. Have a child and see the world through hope and innocence. Come to terms with the decisions of the past. Take the time to dig graves

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