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Cocktails anyone?
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I wanted peoples' opinions on this.
Do you see cursing in novels as bad, detracting from the overall feel of the book, or do you feel if used sparingly, it's good at invoking a sense of emotion?
For me personally, I look at it from both sides of the spectrum; In dialogue, especially for the more gruff, looser characters it does a good job at defining their personality and making it more modernized, but in writing that's outside of dialogue, or is much more proper or in an older setting, it really detracts from the overall experience.
For example, you wouldn't hear age old mages from circa the dragon-age dropping the F' bomb, but in a more urban, or futuristic setting, it does a good job at portraying a character better, and is much more realistic.
I just started pondering this as I was reading back through old chapters of Paradise, and saw some of the 'profanity' the characters used. I see it as I explained, with a character saying "F***!" when he knows he's about to die, but not in text like "Mr. Man got up from his f***ing chair and sat on the f***ing couch."
Do you see cursing in novels as bad, detracting from the overall feel of the book, or do you feel if used sparingly, it's good at invoking a sense of emotion?
For me personally, I look at it from both sides of the spectrum; In dialogue, especially for the more gruff, looser characters it does a good job at defining their personality and making it more modernized, but in writing that's outside of dialogue, or is much more proper or in an older setting, it really detracts from the overall experience.
For example, you wouldn't hear age old mages from circa the dragon-age dropping the F' bomb, but in a more urban, or futuristic setting, it does a good job at portraying a character better, and is much more realistic.
I just started pondering this as I was reading back through old chapters of Paradise, and saw some of the 'profanity' the characters used. I see it as I explained, with a character saying "F***!" when he knows he's about to die, but not in text like "Mr. Man got up from his f***ing chair and sat on the f***ing couch."