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Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, even in writing style?
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
I just love to read and read and I read all types of books. Therefore I have read books of male and female authors alike.Some of the male authors I have read are: John Grisham, Sidney Sheldon, Stephen King and the latest one which I like is Stuart Woods. From among the female authors, my absolute favorite is Judith McNaught.
So, a few months ago, while I was reading a Stuart Woods book, I noticed that there is really a great difference between a male and a female writer.
1.) Details. Female writers tend to be detail-oriented that the males. Example is, when a female writer describes a room her character went into, the readers get to know what was in the room, the color of the walls up to the design of the chairs or tables or furnitures. While male writers just narrate that their characters went into the room and sat in a red colored sofa. But that red sofa might be a maroon, a bright red or blood red.
2) Dialogues. Yup, I noticed that mostly, in a book by a male writer. There are a lot of spaces on the right side because most of the dialogues are one-liners. While female writers have characters who tend to speak longer and more sentences.
3) Sex Scenes. LOL!! I normally skip sex scenes but with a male writer, I don't need to skip because it's either written in only a few sentences or one paragraph. While female writers describe the scene further and how each character felt while doing it.
4)Indiscriminating Heroes. About who he sleep with - that is. Stuart Woods has a series called the 'Stone Barrington' series and that is the name of the main hero. And I have read quite a few and in each book, he slept with a different woman. It just makes me frown because even though he already suspected the woman in one of the book, he still kept on sleeping with her. Stupid man! While in a woman writer - that never happens. Take Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series for example. For several books, she was with Joe Morelli. (I know, I know, she slept with Ranger in one of the books which I haven't read yet, thank you. I knew about that because I read it somewhere. BUT I's like to think she has broken up with Joe when she did it). Somebody correct me if I'm wrong please.
These are the differences I have noticed so far. I will add more later if I can see/notice some more.
I just love to read and read and I read all types of books. Therefore I have read books of male and female authors alike.Some of the male authors I have read are: John Grisham, Sidney Sheldon, Stephen King and the latest one which I like is Stuart Woods. From among the female authors, my absolute favorite is Judith McNaught.
So, a few months ago, while I was reading a Stuart Woods book, I noticed that there is really a great difference between a male and a female writer.
1.) Details. Female writers tend to be detail-oriented that the males. Example is, when a female writer describes a room her character went into, the readers get to know what was in the room, the color of the walls up to the design of the chairs or tables or furnitures. While male writers just narrate that their characters went into the room and sat in a red colored sofa. But that red sofa might be a maroon, a bright red or blood red.
2) Dialogues. Yup, I noticed that mostly, in a book by a male writer. There are a lot of spaces on the right side because most of the dialogues are one-liners. While female writers have characters who tend to speak longer and more sentences.
3) Sex Scenes. LOL!! I normally skip sex scenes but with a male writer, I don't need to skip because it's either written in only a few sentences or one paragraph. While female writers describe the scene further and how each character felt while doing it.
4)Indiscriminating Heroes. About who he sleep with - that is. Stuart Woods has a series called the 'Stone Barrington' series and that is the name of the main hero. And I have read quite a few and in each book, he slept with a different woman. It just makes me frown because even though he already suspected the woman in one of the book, he still kept on sleeping with her. Stupid man! While in a woman writer - that never happens. Take Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series for example. For several books, she was with Joe Morelli. (I know, I know, she slept with Ranger in one of the books which I haven't read yet, thank you. I knew about that because I read it somewhere. BUT I's like to think she has broken up with Joe when she did it). Somebody correct me if I'm wrong please.
These are the differences I have noticed so far. I will add more later if I can see/notice some more.
Labels: judith mcnaught, writing
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