05-08-2012, 11:47 AM
(05-08-2012, 11:14 AM)billy Wrote: isn't it okay to place ourselves in the place of said victims/ perpetrators and simply do an intelligent POV?Yes... "intelligent" being the operative word.
There are just some things you have to try to think about more to get right, and not just take at face value. Like the example of rape (which largely applies to women but is just as true for men), some men find it hard to imagine being put in that position... it's a lot easier to imagine themselves getting beat up or something, which isn't really the same. The psychological chasm is hard to bridge.
Not to say that you shouldn't touch those subjects at all just because you have no personal experience. If "personal experience" was a requirement in writing fiction, well... most writers will be out of luck
. But the depth of the writing is what separates the skilled ones from the hacks
PS. If you can, try your hand at giving some of the others a bit of feedback. If you already have, thanks, can you do some more?