complex characters or simply impossible?

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The easiest characters to create are the those with a specific gender
The most complex one to write out for me is one that suggest both genders.

Language has not given a twogender article which surprised me and so leaves me with a lot of thinking to do.


What other hickups have you encountered as you delved into writing?
 
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Well, we do have words we can use for genderless characters. Sie, Hir, that sort of thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun#Summary

The words aren't widely used, though. Some sci-fi I've read has dealt with the matter by having the genderless person use either male or female pronouns for themselves based on something else. Schild's Ladder has a human future populated entirely by people who are technically genderless, and used he and she for all characters.
 
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