Who's a better writer, men or women?

[ekatemari]

Also, out of curiosity, are you a man or a woman? Just as the title of this thread 'Who's a better writer, men or women?' doesn't actually make grammatical sense and so this could go some way in answering your question.

[pagenumber394]

Men are better at writing thrillers and horror, as their logical and technical minds transfer better over print. Women are great at all that romance and touchy feely stuff. Alice Sebold would be a much better author were it not for the limitations of her gender- in practically all her books, she tangentialises at key stages of the book to explore the inner thoughts and feelings of her main character which is very intrusive and not at all appropriate to the situation at hand, whereas male writers tend to concentrate on the action first.

I have read so many books by so many authors. This is simply untrue. It really depends on the authors writing style. Make authors have focused on emotions before and female authors have gone straight to the action. I think both are capable of mixing things up. I'm a girl that happens to be more logical than emotional. You seem to live in a delusion that women are only emotional that write touchy things.

-- 15 Jun 2014, 14:36 --

Male* my phone is horrible at typing correct words.

[raindropwriter]

Maybe women because I mostly read chick lit and all that I have read was written by women. But then how can I forget Sidney Sheldon?
This is a real tough question and I'm too small and too less informed to choose one.

[Reading lady]

I think how good a writer is has nothing to do with their sex. It is all about talent and both sexes are gifted with many wonderful writers.

"Men are better at writing thrillers and horror, as their logical and technical minds transfer better over print. Women are great at all that romance and touchy feely stuff. Alice Sebold would be a much better author were it not for the limitations of her gender- in practically all her books, she tangentialises at key stages of the book to explore the inner thoughts and feelings of her main character which is very intrusive and not at all appropriate to the situation at hand, whereas male writers tend to concentrate on the action first." posted by StevenKingguy

In response to this comment - actually it is such an archaic point of view that I should respond but I have to. Here are exceptions to his observations. Nicholas Sparks writes amazing books about feelings and Melanie Rawn (Don't think she is writing any longer) is my favourite author of fantasy and Sue Grafton who writes mysteries or what about Agatha Christie???? Have you ever met a writer who writes a better, more logical crime solver than her? But then maybe these authors are writing under pen names...... you think? I am a woman - with a degree in mathematics.... who would have thought? in the dark ages when I went to school women were not good at numbers they were into languages! When are we going to get over the stereotypes????? I thought we had gotten beyond that in this day and age!

[ipekbunsal]

I don't think there is a choice we can make about this. It always depends on the writer. Some women/men writers are good and some are not so good. Every person is a different individual than the others so we can't reach a conclusion with this question.

[Jolie]

In my opinion i think both genders are good writers, however i tend to lean more towards women. I read more from female authors, most books that i am interested on are from females point of view. My two female authors are Atwood and Cisneros and my only favorite male author is Mr Steinbeck c: In reality society will always be gender competition as long as the books are good i will read them

[Phil]

Both are equally great and equal!!

[Jasmine_Mannan]

Most of the authors works I have read were men, I don't think it really matters though. Gender doesn't define the standard of the work.

[booklovingolfer]

I don't have a preference, but I do notice many differences between the two. I agree with the initial post that women explain emotions a lot more in books than men do.

[Maud Fitch]

Both are equally great and equal!!

It's great to see that this thread is still going strong - I agree with your comment!

[suzy1124]

No difference whatsoever...

[PashaRu]

I completely agree, Suzy-Q. I can't believe this thread still has legs. It's such a silly question to begin with.

[Maud Fitch]

I completely agree, Suzy-Q. I can't believe this thread still has legs. It's such a silly question to begin with.

Why? It's certainly relevant.....

[clmartz]

I think it's terribly inappropriate to say whether men or women are better writers. Gender has nothing to do with creativity and talent.

[PashaRu]

I think it's terribly inappropriate to say whether men or women are better writers. Gender has nothing to do with creativity and talent.

Agreed. Aside from the fact that the question itself is grammatically incorrect, it would have been better to ask, for example:

"In general, do you prefer men or women authors?"
"What do you think some of the differences are between men and women authors?"

It seems, despite the obtuseness of the question, that these are the questions being answered in this thread anyway.