A gender question

What is the question?

You forgot a choice for those of us who are trans-gendered, or would it be transvestite, or would it be bi-sexual?
Oh never mind, I mean I write both.

Ooops. I didn't see the poll part. Sorry.

I frequently find myself at a loss for these abbreviations...MCs?

MidnightMuse said:

MC = Main Character

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Thanks. I was hung up on knitting abbreviations and couldn't get them to go away. Make Chain. Make Cable. Main Color.

I can't respond, but I'm male. My first novel has a single MC (female), new one has six major characters, five male one female.

I'm not really sure how to answer - I'm female and have a favorite MC who is a gay male. I also write from a teen-aged girl's perspective, a middle-aged woman's perspective and as an alien vampire. Hmmmmm.

i'm currently working on my first novel, and the MC is male. i am female.

I'm male, and I have both male and female protagonists.

Strange only 2 males voted?

I'm male but I lean heavily towards female protagonists, mainly because I feel women read more.

I could be wrong, but it works for me.

I put female MC, but I realized that all my juvenile stuff has male MCs. My adult stuff has female MC. And I have never written a children's story about a little girl or an adult piece starring a man. Not sure what that says about me. Or about the men in my life.

MidnightMuse said:

MC = Main Character

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I thought we were talking about MC's like MC Hammer!

Anyway, I'm a male but write from both sides of the gender spectrum. I let the protagonist chose their own gender and weave a story around them.

I'm female, and I write both male and female MC's. I do tend to leave toward males, probably 2:1, but like writing both equally.

I'm working on my first fiction piece, and the MC is a female transvestite. As far as poems go, I think my MC gender distribution is even; I go out of my way to use different genders.

You forgot two more choices are needed in that poll.

I am female and I write both male and female MC's
I am male and I write both male and female MC's

I am the first option of my alternatives. In touching moments I find males are so much harder to write about because I don't know how "deep" to go.

I'm female, and while I don't exclusively write male MCs, I write mostly male MCs. I think. I'm working on my first story, so I've only got that one to go by, but the others I have in planning all have male MCs.

I'm always concerned, though, about my ability to get into a male head - sometimes I worry I might be writing them unrealistically.

I never intend to write mostly female main characters, but that's what I do. (oh, and I'm female!)

I'm male and my first (only) novel has a male main character and mostly male supporting characters.

Right now, the book has only 2 female characters with large roles and 2 more supporting female characters who only stay on stage for a short period, but are well written and have important plot points.

I find it much easier to write male characters. Part of my problem is I've had quite a bit of education in socio-biology, which includes a considerable body of work that attempts to explain sex dimorphisms. Consequently, I'm a bit paranoid about anomolous motivations and thought patterns for female characters, so I try to avoid those errors by not using a female POV for too long.