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I'm writing a story that I'd like younger readers to pick up. I and they know and understand that some situations are far better expressed with one f-word than a thousand milder ones. I'm keeping m...
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System
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2019-12-08T11:20:47Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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iamtowrite
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2019-12-08T11:20:47Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm writing a story that I'd like younger readers to pick up. I and they know and understand that some situations are far better expressed with one f-word than a thousand milder ones. I'm keeping my narrative clean, but when I write the dialogue, I don't know what to do.
Should I:
1. describe, as in:
2. or should I use made-up terms, such as _frak_ from [Battlestar Galactica](https://youtu.be/r7KcpgQKo2I?t=19):
3. also, I could use a milder word like _crap_, _shoot_, and the likes.
4. replace with a place holder, as in:
**Note** I've read answers like [this one](https://writing.stackexchange.com/a/16783/37111) ("you have to eat before you [defecate]".) But that waters down the expression a lot for what I want.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-03-15T00:59:24Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 22