Talking The Talk

[flyer333]

I would be interested to hear your opinions about writing in a manner that invites aggressive RED and GREEN underlines by Word but is more realistic.

For example, in a story that is close to finishing, I am trying to relate a character that is older with a vast experience with the sea.

In my mind he wouldn't be apt to say "I love the smell of the ocean" but rather "The salt makes my fuckin' balls itch".

It's a poor example, but I think you catch my drift. "Fuckin'" versus "fucking", "borin' versus "boring".

There's probably a term for ending words with an apostrophe but I am not educated enough to know. I would appreciate your take on whether it is an acceped form of communication on Lit, and as a potential editor if it is something I should steer potential writers away from.

THX in advance.

 

[brightlyiburn]

I do it all the time. Haven't got a complaint yet. As long as what you write is easily understandable, I don't see a problem with it. It's a style device, after all, and more realistic than assuming everyone speaks perfectly.

 

[LadyCibelle]

I would be interested to hear your opinions about writing in a manner that invites aggressive RED and GREEN underlines by Word but is more realistic.

For example, in a story that is close to finishing, I am trying to relate a character that is older with a vast experience with the sea.

In my mind he wouldn't be apt to say "I love the smell of the ocean" but rather "The salt makes my fuckin' balls itch".

It's a poor example, but I think you catch my drift. "Fuckin'" versus "fucking", "borin' versus "boring".

There's probably a term for ending words with an apostrophe but I am not educated enough to know. I would appreciate your take on whether it is an acceped form of communication on Lit, and as a potential editor if it is something I should steer potential writers away from.

THX in advance.

Miss BiB has said it just fine Flyer. Stay consistent, make sure what your characters say is easily understandable and you shouldn't have nasty comments about it.

As for steering your writers away from that way of writing, I wouldn't recommend it as characters have their own way of speaking and one born in a castle won't have the same grammatical correctness as one born in the street.

As I said, just make sure your manner of speech is consistend with the characters and you shouldn't have any problems.