Question ...
Mar. 14th, 2008 04:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
apocalypsos... which I know I've asked before, but I'm brainstorming so what the hell?
See, I'm kind of desperate to write a book with a female protagonist. (Well, one that works out, anyway -- I'm still trying to get the ones I'm working on now to either keep going or get started in the first place.) And I keep writing down things I've absolutely hated when it came to the last few female protagonists I've read, like when they're torn between two handsome men (oh, boo fucking hoo).
What don't you like in a female protagonist? I mean, there are some very well-written books out there focusing on women but there are so many out there where something about the way they're written always manages to rub me the wrong way. (See: Anita Blake having sex with anything that moves, Betsy Taylor being a spoiled shoe addict, any superpowered female character who makes neverending puns about their paranormal status, etc.)
See, I'm kind of desperate to write a book with a female protagonist. (Well, one that works out, anyway -- I'm still trying to get the ones I'm working on now to either keep going or get started in the first place.) And I keep writing down things I've absolutely hated when it came to the last few female protagonists I've read, like when they're torn between two handsome men (oh, boo fucking hoo).
What don't you like in a female protagonist? I mean, there are some very well-written books out there focusing on women but there are so many out there where something about the way they're written always manages to rub me the wrong way. (See: Anita Blake having sex with anything that moves, Betsy Taylor being a spoiled shoe addict, any superpowered female character who makes neverending puns about their paranormal status, etc.)
