Perhaps you should make it the opposite gender of the point of view you that one usually writes from?

I usually write from the male point of view, or write concentrating on a guy. With a few exceptions.

This is a nice idea for a challenge though. I’ll have to ponder it.

The key point of the exercise is that we all inherently know how to write from our own respective gender’s POV , usually incorporating our own personalities into the characters, either consciously or subconsciously. Writing the opposite gender is normally less natural for most of us, but it sounds as if you’re already comfortable with it, Fyora, so this may be less of a challenge for you. My suggestion then, to further challenge you would be write this scene in a genre or style you normally don’t write…

I must say, this is a challenge.

But one I can’t refuse! Let’s see what we can do with this one, eh?

Fun to enter. I don’t think I broke any new ground on the gender thing, but I like the final result, and I did try to make it more about the girl’s side of things.

Hm… very interesting, I have to say. Tough, certainly, but it’s a challenge; the name implies that it’s, well, challenging. (Brilliant logic there, no?)
I’ll give it a shot, gosh darn it!

I echo g2. A challenging challenge. I entered, and hopefully, my point of view won’t be totally horrid. XD Very good idea, though. : )

This reminds me of the movie As Good as It Gets. Jack Nicholson’s character is asked how he writes women so well…”I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability. “

This reminds me of the movie As Good as It Gets. Jack Nicholson’s character is asked how he writes women so well…”I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability. “

This reminds me of the movie As Good as It Gets. Jack Nicholson’s character is asked how he writes women so well…”I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability. “

Okay, so for those writers who already feel comfortable writing from the other gender’s POV , my new suggestion is that along with writing from the other POV , you put these characters in a situation where there might also be some role reversal. For example, a situation like, Mr. Mom…

A lot of my Ficlets are from guys’ points of view…okay, a fair amount of them are. But I think I want to enter this, anyway.