[stylist] Opposite gender for main characters

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Vejas,

I'm sure you will have an abundance of responses to your question, but
there's nothing wrong with creating main characters who are the opposite
gender of yourself. Plenty of authors do this such as J. K. Rowling who
is female, but her Harry Potter series has a male protagonist; Anne Rice
often has male characters in the role of protagonist; Susan B. Cooper
often has opposite gender main characters; I can't recall the author at
the moment, but Water for Elephants is written by a female but the main
character perspective is a males, and Neil Gaimon has written short
stories with a female protagonist. These are just a very few I can think
of off the top of my head.

As the creator, you can do whatever you want. As long as characters are
realistic, no one will care if characters are the opposite gender of the
writer. No weirdness to be considered, grin.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
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http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
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Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:26:55 -0800
From: vejas <brlsurfer at gmail.com>
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Subject: [stylist] using opposite gender for main characters
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Hi,
As all of you know I'm a boy.  However, I often like to use girls 
for my main characters.
Is this wrong? I guess it might not be, but I still think people 
might feel it weird.  For some reason, I like to use girls as my 
main character, and I'm thinking of a story in which the main 
character is a girl.
Any thoughts?
Vejas