tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post2918636127755768598..comments2024-03-29T03:28:22.296-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: PROFANITY - DO YOU USE IT IN YOUR NOVELS?Roland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-53987060739948334212015-06-21T07:25:16.517-05:002015-06-21T07:25:16.517-05:00Best scholarships in UAE
Visit Al Ain Univers...Best scholarships in UAE<br />Visit <a href="http://aau.ac.ae" rel="nofollow"> Al Ain University </a> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527378498453219642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-65283423650537363732015-06-16T18:25:16.097-05:002015-06-16T18:25:16.097-05:00The ghost of Mark Twain made me say it! :-)The ghost of Mark Twain made me say it! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-12811100261744246312015-06-16T15:47:49.169-05:002015-06-16T15:47:49.169-05:00'Know where to lob the grenade!" Love it!...'Know where to lob the grenade!" Love it! :-)diedre Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12772557495518846226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-69557701464400078212015-06-15T20:13:00.109-05:002015-06-15T20:13:00.109-05:00Casablanca was an intrigue and war film but with n...Casablanca was an intrigue and war film but with no swear words, and I did not feel cheated. Robert Heinlein wrote military sci fi and little swear words, and he is a classic writer. Follow your instincts is what I say. :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-62370974523272360932015-06-15T20:11:00.785-05:002015-06-15T20:11:00.785-05:00I'm glad to point your way for my friends. Yes...I'm glad to point your way for my friends. Yes, we Hitchhiker fans have to stick together, right?Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-2031044483286126602015-06-15T20:10:13.667-05:002015-06-15T20:10:13.667-05:00I will be praying for you in July. I will be shift...I will be praying for you in July. I will be shifting to the very late shift in mid-July so another worker can take a week-long vacation, Ugh!!! Hemingway seems to have the best approach. No surprise there, right?Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-73406428752157726092015-06-15T20:08:26.767-05:002015-06-15T20:08:26.767-05:00I am still praying for you. As I said earlier, I a...I am still praying for you. As I said earlier, I am trying to write all-age friendly so I am "adaptive" with my swear words!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-56849001522158469212015-06-15T20:07:01.544-05:002015-06-15T20:07:01.544-05:00I try to make my novels all age friendly so I am v...I try to make my novels all age friendly so I am very sparing with profanity. Victor uses Sfumato which is a painting style but sounds like what he wants to say!! And in Carnival of the Damned you learn why he called himself Puck in Avalon ... and yes, it is what you are thinking! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-70399920492784822882015-06-15T20:04:39.170-05:002015-06-15T20:04:39.170-05:00I also use Russian mobsters in French Quarter Noct...I also use Russian mobsters in French Quarter Nocturne and Under A Voodoo Moon but used Russian and German swear words as I did in Her Bones Are In The Badlands -- that helped not to offend most readers -- except for my Russian and German ones!!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-73237057016747006152015-06-15T20:02:24.150-05:002015-06-15T20:02:24.150-05:00As my Victor Standish says: "Sometimes 'O...As my Victor Standish says: "Sometimes 'Oh, fudge!' just doesn't cover it!<br /><br />Like you, F-Bombs bring me out of the story for some reason. :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-29348467164396345002015-06-15T16:13:26.315-05:002015-06-15T16:13:26.315-05:00I don't object to language in what I read, unl...I don't object to language in what I read, unless it's over the top, of course. In my own books though, damn and ass are as crass as I get. I want my books to be accessible to younger people as well as adults. Yes, with the emphasis on military, my books should be more colorful. (I've even had a reviewer complain about that.) But I'm not going there.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-79108744518250022752015-06-13T12:34:40.021-05:002015-06-13T12:34:40.021-05:00Hey Roland! Great post! I just wanted to say thank...Hey Roland! Great post! I just wanted to say thanks for linking over to my blog. And I loved your Hitchhiker's reference. Made my day. =) Hannah Heath https://www.blogger.com/profile/15018862668721591895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-34167291387324194652015-06-13T10:39:09.520-05:002015-06-13T10:39:09.520-05:00Didn't an old song say, 'it's only wor...Didn't an old song say, 'it's only words' and one shouldn't be a censor. I stick with what's realistic, as an excess becomes tedious. It depends on the circumstances, but I'm not writing for a judgmental audience, I try to adhere to Hemingway's true words and use profanity to express emotions, mostly. A street kid like Victor has to fit in or you get picked on more. PS - hubs used to skateboard in his younger days before he got a car. . .Also will be doing the real move in July. . .a change will be good.D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-2681734044258563412015-06-13T09:16:52.699-05:002015-06-13T09:16:52.699-05:00I struggled with this in one of my novels. I had ...I struggled with this in one of my novels. I had a character who struggled with life and swore a lot, but then when I made final edits and revisions, I cut it out or changed what he said. There is a Christian theme to the novel and I thought about the audience and what I wanted to expose the readers to. So, I wanted the novel to be authentic to real life, real struggles, the characters' true voices, but also wanted to think about kids (I'm a mom, so there's that. And a teacher, so there's that too.) and made a decision to tame down the profanity. Thanks so much for visiting my blog and commenting recently. Your words meant a lot. :) Christyerica and christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074820593371226159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-34592686925334379882015-06-12T20:11:27.960-05:002015-06-12T20:11:27.960-05:00Virtually no profanity in my novels and short stor...Virtually no profanity in my novels and short stories. Just the way I write. But that doesn't mean everyone shouldn't have them. Depends on their writing style and stories to tell and the characters used to tell them.Terry W. Ervin IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561009802388207515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-79670310283630695352015-06-12T13:03:45.528-05:002015-06-12T13:03:45.528-05:00I didn't need it in my fantasy novel, but it w...I didn't need it in my fantasy novel, but it would have been so wrong to not use profanity in my sci-fi, since the antagonists are Russian mobsters. It simply wouldn't pass the test of reality if I didn't use it.Ted Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022309459554237650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-25780850219246526952015-06-12T12:44:00.101-05:002015-06-12T12:44:00.101-05:00My characters curse when it's needed or when o...My characters curse when it's needed or when other people would let a curse word slip. I rarely use the F word unless I need make an impact. I hate it when characters drop F bombs in every sentence. It's annoying and uncalled for. Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-27108588960869778492015-06-12T10:04:05.967-05:002015-06-12T10:04:05.967-05:00Well, damn certainly seems mild these days -- and ...Well, damn certainly seems mild these days -- and Hell only slightly stronger. <br /><br />As a statement of that, I have a wild wolf inhabited by a Celestial being in HER BONES ARE IN THE BADLANDS. Each time damn or Hell is about to be used, the wolf growls low for no mortal can damn anyone but him or herself.<br /><br />George Carlin was a genius. I'm currently reading his autobiography and from his childhood, you can see where his free-floating hostility came from. :-(Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-83825312107878986452015-06-12T00:34:55.086-05:002015-06-12T00:34:55.086-05:00For me, good old fashioned cuss words like damn an...For me, good old fashioned cuss words like damn and hell don't even count. But too many others are overused now when yes, they should only appear when absolutely necessary.<br /><br />I have George Carlin's album (you know, those old fashion wax disc things) with his routine "The Seven Words You Can't Say on Television," and it's hilarious, but then he was a master at deconstructing our societal norms and judgments. He was calmly conversational, not confrontational in his delivery.Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967821142796562697noreply@blogger.com