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Using dialect or slang can work very well, but it usually doesn't. (Mark Twain is the only example I can think of where it was done well.) Slang is another matter, with some of the same pitfalls. H...
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Using dialect or slang can work very well, but it usually doesn't. (Mark Twain is the only example I can think of where it was done well.) Slang is another matter, with some of the same pitfalls. Having characters using slang and the narrator _not_, that _might_ be distracting. I'd suggest writing a chapter or three, putting them aside for a bit, then reading them to see how it worked.
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2010-11-19T08:09:45Z (about 14 years ago)
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