I’m pleased to hear that you liked my characters. I’m new to writing and characterization is something I’m focused on improving.
You’re right, and I’m willing to own a certain amount of gender-bias. While I have no problem at all with woman having equal rights, I do on some level tend to see the world tinted with a “men hunt/gather and women nest” perspective.
I hadn’t noticed that come through in the story, though, until you pointed it out. Honestly, I think length played a large part in it.
As you noted, I don’t have a great deal of room to work with, as the point of Word Cereal is that it’s short fiction—something you could consume as regularly as, say, a webcomic.
Streamlining the system to move only men made it much easier to set the stage, though that’s a decision I’d made subconsciously when I wrote it, that I’m only seeing (and justifying) now.
I’m pleased to hear that you liked my characters. I’m new to writing and characterization is something I’m focused on improving.
You’re right, and I’m willing to own a certain amount of gender-bias. While I have no problem at all with woman having equal rights, I do on some level tend to see the world tinted with a “men hunt/gather and women nest” perspective.
I hadn’t noticed that come through in the story, though, until you pointed it out. Honestly, I think length played a large part in it.
As you noted, I don’t have a great deal of room to work with, as the point of Word Cereal is that it’s short fiction—something you could consume as regularly as, say, a webcomic.
Streamlining the system to move only men made it much easier to set the stage, though that’s a decision I’d made subconsciously when I wrote it, that I’m only seeing (and justifying) now.
Anyway, thanks for the kind words and insight :)