tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599152.post7696409657630857302..comments2023-09-02T18:30:14.831-07:00Comments on Dawn Colclasure's Blog: Ask me if I give a....Dawn Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06291423272908722351noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599152.post-24719681729167963182009-09-29T08:24:13.211-07:002009-09-29T08:24:13.211-07:00Good point, Nancy! :) Thank you for bringing that ...Good point, Nancy! :) Thank you for bringing that up. Yes, you can pretty much tell how it would be the way a character talks. Then we could perhaps be a little more forgiving of it. But not when it's overdone.Dawn Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06291423272908722351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599152.post-68850260714845395532009-09-28T22:23:47.679-07:002009-09-28T22:23:47.679-07:00I think you should stay true to character when wri...I think you should stay true to character when writing. Some people swear, ALOT. And if a character in your book is one of these, so be it.<br /><br />Sometimes it gets annoying, like when the narraration contains swear words unecessarily, but other than that, I say swear away, it makes your character real. <br /><br />As for my kids I always tell them swear words do one thing...make you sound un-intelligent. Like you dont know enough adjectives to express yourself! LOL (But sometimes there just ISNT a better adjective, ha ha!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com