I don’t really like female fiction writers
November 27th, 2006
It’s not that I don’t think women can’t be great writers (and many of my favorite bloggers are women), viagra canada site I just don’t like the way most women write fiction*.
In women-written fiction character is more important than car chases, sildenafil exposition is more valued than explosions, and references to Sense and Sensiblity are more likely than senseless violence.
I believe I can actually tell if a book was written by a woman within the first three pages. How about you? Can you tell if a book was written by a man or a woman without knowing the author’s name? Do you think there’s a difference in the way the sexes tend to write? Or am I just wrong?
*This does have one minor exception…the best book ever written, To Kill a Mockingbird, was written by Harper Lee…a woman.
4 Comments Add your own
1. SliverTom | November 28th, 2006 at 12:03 pm
For me it depneds on the genre. For example I prefer female writers over male writers when reading fictitious mystery books.
Aside from the cheesy mystery books (that I cannot live without) I prefer works of fiction that have been written by men.
2. folkbum | November 28th, 2006 at 6:38 pm
You know who I really love? That George Elliot guy. He rocks. Oh, and Isak Dinesen. On the other hand, that Edith van Dyne was just unbearable.
3. Administrator | November 28th, 2006 at 7:53 pm
So I guess you’re saying you can’t tell whether a writer is a man or woman from his or her work then, Jay? ;)
4. Jenna | November 29th, 2006 at 8:42 am
You can definitely tell whether something was written by a woman or a man. Not that that’s a bad thing–just look at B & S. You can usually tell if it is an Owen post or a Wendy post after a few words.
There are just stylistic differences and approach differences between the sexes. And thank God for that.
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