A few more random things that Y-enabled authors (I like that phrase) should know:
Underwires were invented by Satan.
Women who have big breasts and do action-y stuff are going to want a sports bra or something else that keeps 'em from boinging painfully. Unless they're caught unexpectedly by the action-y stuff. Then they might well end up running from zombies with one arm over their chest.
The aforementioned fact doesn't mean that busty women can't be action heroes.
If a woman takes pains with her makeup, it is likely to be more than just lipstick. There's foundation, blush, lipstick, lip-liner, eyeliner, eyeshadow, and mascara. (Leave off the eyeshadow for anyone whose eyelids just disappear into their head, like me.) Models and movie stars are usually women who take pains with their makeup, at least in official public appearances.
That being said, there are plenty of women who don't give a rat's ass about makeup.
. . . it seems like most of my advice comes down to "know your characters as individuals." I think I'll leave it at that.
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Date: 2012-04-13 02:02 am (UTC)Underwires were invented by Satan.
Women who have big breasts and do action-y stuff are going to want a sports bra or something else that keeps 'em from boinging painfully. Unless they're caught unexpectedly by the action-y stuff. Then they might well end up running from zombies with one arm over their chest.
The aforementioned fact doesn't mean that busty women can't be action heroes.
If a woman takes pains with her makeup, it is likely to be more than just lipstick. There's foundation, blush, lipstick, lip-liner, eyeliner, eyeshadow, and mascara. (Leave off the eyeshadow for anyone whose eyelids just disappear into their head, like me.) Models and movie stars are usually women who take pains with their makeup, at least in official public appearances.
That being said, there are plenty of women who don't give a rat's ass about makeup.
. . . it seems like most of my advice comes down to "know your characters as individuals." I think I'll leave it at that.