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Topic : Re: Generally would an onomatopoeia come before or after the source action is implied I have a section which uses an onomatopoeia but I can write it in 2 ways The onomatopoeia before source action - selfpublishingguru.com

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: Re: Generally would an onomatopoeia come before or after the source action is implied I have a section which uses an onomatopoeia but I can write it in 2 ways The onomatopoeia before source action

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This isn't a comic strip, it's prose. Written this way, the slap seems cartoony. I'd much rather you describe the action than simply recite the sound it makes.

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