tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10219281.post114062799002919033..comments2023-09-16T07:50:15.160-07:00Comments on Simply Fred Smith: Can Anyone Write About Anything?Frederick Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06931988603225411355noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10219281.post-1141149127106193522006-02-28T09:52:00.000-08:002006-02-28T09:52:00.000-08:00I think fiction books should stirve to show divers...I think fiction books should stirve to show diversity. I hate when I read books and everyone is black, or white, or gay, or straight, or male, or female, etc, etc. etc.<BR/><BR/>If all writers were to write all the characters in only things that they know, then all books would be boring. A book by me, for instance, would only have black gay teens living in the inner city. It would be alright for that to be the main character, but every character would be repetitive.<BR/><BR/>And reflecting a culture can be different. For instance, a black gay teen who lives in the suburbs probably has a totally different style of dress, talk, music, aand whatever else. But we are still both black, male, gay, and teenagers.Marzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00098542308334985087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10219281.post-1140818769964917042006-02-24T14:06:00.000-08:002006-02-24T14:06:00.000-08:00Hey Fred. Good Post. ;-)I didn't forget about you....Hey Fred. Good Post. ;-)<BR/><BR/>I didn't forget about you.WATERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06256534925670412980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10219281.post-1140639398695038102006-02-22T12:16:00.000-08:002006-02-22T12:16:00.000-08:00yes I think that writers need be responable for wh...yes I think that writers need be responable for what they write and can cross many lines and pput themselves in the shoes of others.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719433739658514281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10219281.post-1140633615970814982006-02-22T10:40:00.000-08:002006-02-22T10:40:00.000-08:00This IS a good topic. You know, writers can write...This IS a good topic. You know, writers can write about anything. That's what free speech is for. Free speech can go both ways. This includes clocking a writer who got something wrong--whether it's culture, geography, etc. I think of Kazuo Ishiguro who wrote "Remains of the Day." He may not be ethnically British, but he created art regardless.the last noelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883917612366394420noreply@blogger.com