Writing Which is more difficult (subjective): narrating the MC according to the author's gender or narrating the MC different from the author's gender?

[Eldoria]

Which is more difficult (subjective): narrating a protagonist according to the author's gender or narrating a protagonist different from the author's gender?

 

[Kurayami]

Narrating a protagonist different from your gender will be harder, since it goes against your lived experiences.

 

[AliceMoonvale]

That's like asking if it's harder for a right-handed person to write right-handed or left handed.

 

[melchi]

Try writing a character not sure about their gender...

Do not recommend

 

[greyblob]

in ML novels I can instantely tell if it's written by a man or a woman