Timeline for How to write cleanly even if my character uses expletive language?
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| Mar 16, 2019 at 19:55 | comment | added | Kevin | #4 is great if you're transcribing the Nixon tapes. Otherwise it's a bit iffy. | |
| Mar 15, 2019 at 21:11 | comment | added | Barmar | #4 reminds me of when hard-core rappers perform on network TV shows, and they bleep out all the curse words. It happens every few seconds in some songs, and is incredibly jarring. So unless it's infrequent, I agree with this assessment of #4. | |
| Mar 15, 2019 at 13:21 | comment | added | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 | Also with #1, if you allow the reader to insert their own curse words into the situation (mental ninja stuff going on here), the word they come up with in their brain is going to be a bad word to their way of thinking. A child reading it will have a different word in mind than would an adult, but neither would be wrong. This type of thing was used in the movie Seven, where they didn't explicitly show you what had happened, but rather left it up to the viewers imagination. IMHO, the effect was far broader because the mind can come up with things they could never show on the screen. | |
| Mar 15, 2019 at 9:54 | comment | added | Chris H | #4 not neccesarily out of immersion, but certainly comedic effect. I worked with a bloke who had been told to tone it down, and he actually spoke like that: "I've 'king had it with these 'king snakes on this 'king plane" for example. | |
| Mar 15, 2019 at 3:29 | vote | accept | iamtowrite | ||
| Mar 15, 2019 at 3:15 | comment | added | Mazura | deliberate effect, +1. OP should watch A Christmas Story. | |
| Mar 15, 2019 at 1:15 | history | answered | Galastel supports GoFundMonica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |