tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post1425315225820645949..comments2024-03-29T07:33:39.755-04:00Comments on The League of Extraordinary Writers: The Lost Boys in the MazeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431700962951592287noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-13758833937290761332010-10-23T11:20:31.877-04:002010-10-23T11:20:31.877-04:00Interesting. I am looking forward to reading this ...Interesting. I am looking forward to reading this book. I'm glad Scorch Trials is already out so I can read them together.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573354179519141077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-87074974284805787372010-10-22T16:20:42.285-04:002010-10-22T16:20:42.285-04:00At the very end, he mentions group B(?). I'm t...At the very end, he mentions group B(?). I'm thinking that's the girls. <br /><br />I've been told that if you write female MC, 1/3 of boys can't empathize enough to read it? I hope that's not really true. If so, writers like me will leave out 1/3 of their audience.amberargylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058327741777322247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-71889784364890707762010-10-21T21:52:39.790-04:002010-10-21T21:52:39.790-04:00Shallee, I'm glad more is explained in The Sco...Shallee, I'm glad more is explained in The Scorch Trials. As I was reading TMR, the lack of girls didn't really bother me, but I can see your point, Angie. Now I'm wondering, really wondering, why there weren't any girls in the Glade!Elana Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877856005992028912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-6605714362240014282010-10-21T18:16:04.133-04:002010-10-21T18:16:04.133-04:00Read The Scorch Trials. All is explained. :)
But ...Read The Scorch Trials. All is explained. :)<br /><br />But generally, I do like a balance of the sexes in what I read.Shalleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09907680428735740943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-88076341908659232972010-10-21T13:21:19.470-04:002010-10-21T13:21:19.470-04:00Thanks, Aubrey. Scorch Trials is next on my to rea...Thanks, Aubrey. Scorch Trials is next on my to read list.<br /><br />Emilydreams, you're very right about not compromising the story. And you make a good point about some readers gravitating toward same-gender books because they might not be ready to deal with boy-girl issues yet, at least in fiction.Angie Smiberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12192071262364730432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-45441622264802702022010-10-21T11:48:38.473-04:002010-10-21T11:48:38.473-04:00Haven't read the book in question (yet) - but ...Haven't read the book in question (yet) - but I think the key thing is simply not to compromise the novel by forcibly making all the characters one sex or another. Or balancing them between XX and XY with solemn political correctness.<br /><br />That said, I'm sure some young readers do actually have predilections for books mainly featuring characters of their own sex. Fr'instance, I remember going through a phase (was about 11?) where I read nothing but series focusing entirely on girls. (Chalet School, Saddle Club, endless other school series whose titles escape me now.) In retrospect I realise they helped me feel secure in suddenly being A Girl rather than a kid. It was enough trying to cope with A New Perspective On Boys at school, I didn't want it in fiction too. (until I started reading romances a few months later.) (Anyone else recall going through a phase like that, or am I exposing myself embarrassingly?)<br /><br />Um, I'm not really sure what my point is, at the end of this lengthy comment. Oops. Maybe "authors should be true to their stories, but their readers might not think in the same ways" ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-69146654697938648342010-10-21T11:16:44.468-04:002010-10-21T11:16:44.468-04:00THAT'S what the Maze Runner is about?! I need ...THAT'S what the Maze Runner is about?! I need to read that like right now!Sarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-45501159802883796872010-10-21T10:24:38.532-04:002010-10-21T10:24:38.532-04:00I thought it worked really well for the scenario. ...I thought it worked really well for the scenario. Obviously the maze is some sort of trial and the gender differences is a variable. It really never crossed my mind as an issue when I read the book.<br /><br />(P.S. this gets answered some in Scorch! So don't worry about that!)Aubreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01993824625567055858noreply@blogger.com