Timeline for How would I go about censoring adult language in my book?
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| May 16, 2020 at 21:08 | comment | added | SkySpiral7 | @TRiG my comment has been moved out of context and no longer makes as much sense. Originally the Nyos comment "Why would you censor" was posted as an answer to which I said "that's not an answer". To reword my comment: there is some bad language in the Bible (not much). Although there is plenty of adult concepts those can be uncensored (lacking certain details) but adult concepts doesn't answer the question about adult language. | |
| S Apr 15, 2020 at 9:06 | history | suggested | Vikki | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Removing Extraneous Capitalisation.
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| Apr 12, 2020 at 23:22 | answer | added | Graham | timeline score: 3 | |
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| Apr 12, 2020 at 17:49 | comment | added | NotThatGuy | Whatever you do, it should make sense from a narrative perspective. If your world is meant to be quite similar (or identical) to the real world, made up words could seem out of place (but of course people do occasionally make up words, so it could still make sense). If the audience expects a character to be comfortable swearing, them using substitutes could take the audience out of the story. Although swearing in itself could also take part of the audience out of the story, especially if used in excess or unnecessarily or if it doesn't match the overall tone. | |
| Apr 12, 2020 at 15:28 | comment | added | TRiG | @SkySpiral7. The bit in Ezekiel about horse cocks doesn't count as adult language? | |
| Apr 12, 2020 at 15:26 | comment | added | Barmar | Or maybe the publisher has editors who will rewrite these things for you. | |
| Apr 12, 2020 at 15:25 | comment | added | Barmar | E.g. when the Bible talks about Abram sleeping with Sarai's handmaiden Hagar, it doesn't use the F-word. That's presumably what needs to be censored. | |
| Apr 12, 2020 at 14:15 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Apr 12, 2020 at 2:09 | comment | added | Criggie | Have you considered asking the publisher directly first ? Or perhaps check other publications from that publisher, looking for lines similar to what you might change in your own submission? | |
| Apr 11, 2020 at 16:44 | comment | added | SkySpiral7 | There's a difference between adult concepts and adult language. Books that record history (like the Bible) are allowed to record things that happened even though they were horrible. Eg a public school can talk about Hitler's genocide by avoiding specific details and avoiding explicit language. With the exception of Phil 3:8 I don't think there's any adult language in the Bible. So when the OP asks about adult language and you answer about adult concepts your answer is off topic. | |
| Apr 11, 2020 at 13:43 | comment | added | Nyos | @PaulJohnson: I think for the question "How do I shoot myself in the foot?" "Don't do it!" is a perfectly reasonable answer even if technically it doesn't answer it. | |
| Apr 11, 2020 at 13:29 | comment | added | Nyos | Why would you censor? The Bible is full of all kind of disturbing things: genocide, murder, execution, prostitution, slavery, and some of those are made/ordered by the protagonist. Some words shouldn't matter for them. | |
| Apr 10, 2020 at 21:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackWriting/status/1248717498188550145 | ||
| Apr 10, 2020 at 20:26 | answer | added | Mark | timeline score: 40 | |
| Apr 10, 2020 at 16:42 | answer | added | zradradradcek | timeline score: 3 | |
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| Apr 10, 2020 at 10:08 | answer | added | S. Mitchell | timeline score: 21 | |
| Apr 10, 2020 at 6:53 | history | asked | user42900 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |