http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/29/yeah-right/ About the craft and business of genre fiction Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:18:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/29/yeah-right/#comment-11099 Tue, 29 May 2007 20:05:44 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/29/yeah-right/#comment-11099 what they'd say about the dress is something like, 'yeah, nice dress. but i'd like it better off..." it is challenging to write in a male pov, but what i have found works for me is to not make them so complex. i think most alpha men get themselves into pickles because they think things out too simplistically so you set up your character to have a 'plan' which of course will never work because they are missing some important component...like feelings, unanticipated emotional reactions to said plan, they underestimate their opponent's intelligence etc., their testosterone goes into high gear at the wrong time. the point is, the alpha may never change, but he does need to learn something. an enlightened alpha are the most interesting men, IMHO what they’d say about the dress is something like, ‘yeah, nice dress. but i’d like it better off…” it is challenging to write in a male pov, but what i have found works for me is to not make them so complex. i think most alpha men get themselves into pickles because they think things out too simplistically so you set up your character to have a ‘plan’ which of course will never work because they are missing some important component…like feelings, unanticipated emotional reactions to said plan, they underestimate their opponent’s intelligence etc., their testosterone goes into high gear at the wrong time. the point is, the alpha may never change, but he does need to learn something. an enlightened alpha are the most interesting men, IMHO

]]> http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/29/yeah-right/#comment-11096 Tue, 29 May 2007 19:56:54 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/05/29/yeah-right/#comment-11096 Gaaah! WP ate my comment! It was fairly long and navel-gazy, but I'll recap it by saying these are great tips, I want Stone's book, and congrats on getting to this stage of your wip. Whew! Gaaah! WP ate my comment! It was fairly long and navel-gazy, but I’ll recap it by saying these are great tips, I want Stone’s book, and congrats on getting to this stage of your wip. Whew!

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