Womenly Wimmens Writers.

[Gail Simone]

Do you judge a work differently if you know a woman wrote it, good or bad?

No flaming, no judging anyone, I'm just looking for honest answers.

Gail

[Papergirl]

Nope. I'm just looking for a good story and couldn't really give a rat's ass what the gender of the person who wrote it was.

If it turns out to be a *bad* story? I judge both genders equally. They are both perfectly capable of doing whatever homework is neccessary on whatever subject they happen to be writing about to make it a good story/article/interview/whatever.

Not sure if that made any sense at all, as I really REALLY need sleep now...

G'night!

~Bev

[TCJohnson]

I always hear how women are not represented well in comics. So I am curious to see how women writers handle them. Not in a "Let them see if they can do any better nyah nyah!" but more just studying a different perspective.

Other than that, I don't really care either way.

[Karl J. Barnes]

No. If I liked what that particular writer wrote before, then I will likely read more by him or her. In fact, alot of the genre novels that I read are made up of lots of female writers, so as long as the story intrigues me, I'll read it.

[phoenixrising]

I don't really notice if a woman has written something I've read unless it's pointed out to me. I like what I like....though upon looking over my books, I don't have many women writers. I don't know if it means I don't like books by women writers or I just haven't read many...

[Dee3]

I judge on the bases of how good it is.

[Dennis]

a woman who can write from the heart, and is totally honest, reveals a lot of dark disturbing stuff about herself, is what i like.

the women who aren't edgy or honest and don't let it all out, isn't what i like.

snarky women are better, non-snarky women - not good at all.

the genre stuff i like is stuff only guys want to write. crime stuff like sin city. it would be interesting to see a woman's version of sin city, but it ain't gonna happen.

[Charles RB]

No.

(rasser frassing 10 character limit)

[Dennis]

few more thoughts

i like edgy women who write about themselves - blogs, columns, memoirs.

but i stay away from women's fiction.

they can express what's going on in their minds very well, but when it comes to fictional characters, something goes wrong.

they have trouble channeling. and they can't channel male characters. they don't understand men!

[Kyuubi]

No. I've always waited until I read a few issues of a writers work before I judge whether I like it or not. Not a good idea money-wise, but the process has kept me on a lot of great books. A person's sex has never played a part in any of those decisions.

[LtMarvel]

Hmmm...I might make assumptions of the writer's gender based on the writing (didn't everyone in this case*), but it hardly means I like the writing less/more.



*spoilers:

I can't be the only one who thought Terry Moore was a woman when I first read Strangers in Paradise, can I?

end of spoilers

[Karl J. Barnes]

Hmmm...I might make assumptions of the writer's gender based on the writing (didn't everyone in this case*), but it hardly means I like the writing less/more.



*spoilers:

I can't be the only one who thought Terry Moore was a woman when I first read Strangers in Paradise, can I?

end of spoilers

True, plus his physical depiction of them helped me in thinking that too.

[Lunar Daydreamer]

It depends on the quality of writing.

To give two (none Gail) type examples - whilst Barbara Kesel was doing stunning stuff over on Meridian, Kelley Puckett was on Batgirl.

That said Kesel's book to me wasn't particularly woman-centric - I saw it as a big, romantic epic of the ilk of Miyazaki and the Final Fantasy games - and the cast I truly miss even now.

Puckett on the other hand was creating a wonderful action epic, with some wonderful character development. A female character again certainly, but another which I felt for and invested in utterly.

Likewise my own gender doesn't affecting adoring and feeling for a character of the opposite sex whatsoever.

[Jeff Brady]

It depends on the quality of writing.

To give two (none Gail) type examples - whilst Barbara Kesel was doing stunning stuff over on Meridian, Kelley Puckett was on Batgirl.

I hate to break it to you, but Kelley Puckett's a guy.

From an interview about the DC Focus comic Kinetic:

Puckett informed THE PULSE that he wasn't the first man for the writing job on this series.

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As for the topic, ah, no, I don't care about the gender of the writer. I like good stories.

And shouldn't it be "womyn" in the title of the thread? :p

[WhiteRose]

Well, I'm taking a flying leap onto the bandwagon and saying I too don't care what gender the writer is, I'll tell them their work sucks if their work sucks. Woo!

And shouldn't it be "womyn" in the title of the thread?

Eh, womyn, wimmin, womin. Let's get technical :P