[ SECRET POST #2763 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2763 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Creator's Attitudes Toward Their Creations

[dreemyweird]

I agree with you, but I also think that people mostly mean the severe "my baby" case when they are criticizing writers for their OTT love towards their own characters.

Other than that, everyone who thinks that eye dialect spelling is a no-go needs to be hit on the head with a copy of Kidnapped. (kidding, obviously. Different strokes for different folks. But I hate this "advice".)

Re: Creator's Attitudes Toward Their Creations

[jaybie_jarrett]

Ah. I guess I can get that.

I think that the problem people have with that is the possibility that it can be used to be offensive toward a group. Though I honestly think they should just say "don't use dialect spelling to make a one group of characters seem less intelligent than others."

I sometimes use it a teensy bit to denote an accent. Not like over the top or overdone but like - "We went swimmin' cuz the kids were bored" Or putting "Ah don't like folks like you" for say the first time the character speaks and then writing it normally the rest of the time. Because then your reader knows that's how the character pronounces it.

Re: Creator's Attitudes Toward Their Creations

[(Anonymous)]

I think eye dialect spelling is probably one of the things that should come with a warning. Not "never do this," but "It's a lot harder to do this well than you might think; go carefully and pay attention if someone tells you it's not working."