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Orual · 03-16-2003, 10:05 PM

Meoshi--

Speaking as a writer myself, yes, a man as talented as Tolkien could certainly have written a believable and likeable female character. The main character in my fantasy is a young man. Writing the opposite gender is just a matter of seeing past the gender issue, as I said in my last post, and seeing through to those things that connect all of us. Eowyn, Galadriel, Arwen, and even (or especially?) Ioreth are all believable female characters, who can be seen as real people. Writing a female character would be no real struggle for Tolkien. I'm laughing sheepishly as I write this, but Spider Robinson (yes, the guy who wrote "Callahan's Place" and all the sequels) wrote Zoey and Erin Stonebender, two very believable female characters (for sci-fi). And though I love Spider Robinson, Tolkien is indisputably a better writer.

~*~Orual~*~

03-16-2003, 10:05 PM	#17
Orual Speaker of the Dead Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Superbia Posts: 868	Meoshi-- Speaking as a writer myself, yes, a man as talented as Tolkien could certainly have written a believable and likeable female character. The main character in my fantasy is a young man. Writing the opposite gender is just a matter of seeing past the gender issue, as I said in my last post, and seeing through to those things that connect all of us. Eowyn, Galadriel, Arwen, and even (or especially?) Ioreth are all believable female characters, who can be seen as real people. Writing a female character would be no real struggle for Tolkien. I'm laughing sheepishly as I write this, but Spider Robinson (yes, the guy who wrote "Callahan's Place" and all the sequels) wrote Zoey and Erin Stonebender, two very believable female characters (for sci-fi). And though I love Spider Robinson, Tolkien is indisputably a better writer. ~~Orual~~ __________________ "Oh, my god! I care so little, I almost passed out!" --Dr. Cox, "Scrubs"