Continuing yesterday’s conversation on gender in writing, Ester Bloom explores the rare success of men writing women outside of the “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” (MPDG) box. Ester is looking for raw, vital, and tragic female characters, traits that she feels are lacking in many women created by men.
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