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: Explicit language in YA fiction I'm writing a YA novel where most of the characters are in their teens or early 20's. One of my characters has some "colorful" language in certain situations,
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: I'm writing a book I recently quit my job and now I'm bored at home with nothing to do. So, I decided to write a book. There is an phone app I can upload it on... I want the main character
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: How to write cleanly even if my character uses expletive language? I'm writing a story that I'd like younger readers to pick up. I and they know and understand that some situations are far
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: Would publishers accept a title which includes the F-word? I have a title for a novel, however, it would lose its zeitgeist if I couldn't include the F-word. I can't go in to details without
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: Crossing the line from Middle-Grade to Young-Adult I would like to followup on this excellent question which outlined differences among works for children, middle-grade, and young-adult. What are
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: Using profanity I'm working on a war novel (sci-fi). My initial plan was for my MC to start out with a very clean language, almost comically clean, and as the plot progresses and the situation
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: In-universe swear, curses, similies and sayings, how to make them less cringeworthy Hold Your Hippogriffs: A (more often than not) cringeworthy version of a saying (though can be invented on the
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: Using fake swear words without them seeming out of place to the reader This is not a question about slang, but about swearing and word creation. I have a character who uses swear words, and
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: Can I use "fuck" as a non-vulgar verb in a fantasy/steampunk world? I've been sending my fourth-ish novel through the my writing group. It is about a trio of teenagers running away from some
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: Swearing in a book, within a context. Too offensive? I am currently writing a science fiction novel. The characters are almost uniformly pirates and/or miners in the asteroid belt. Having worked
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: Swearing - Censor, allude, or include? I was reading this thread, but it didn't quite the answer a question I had about creative writing and whether profanity should be used or not, in a way
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: How much swearing is TOO much? (And how much is not enough?) I've noticed that some of the most successful writers refrain from using profanity, such as Stephanie Meyer and Norman Mailer. Are
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