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Q&A Swearing - Censor, allude, or include?

In my current story, a character just came into a room and saw our protagonist standing among a room full of dead bodies. In utter shock and fear (as he had no expectation of this) he proclaimed "W...

posted 11y ago by AnthonyRusso‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:59:24Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/8435
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar AnthonyRusso‭ · 2019-12-08T02:59:24Z (almost 5 years ago)
In my current story, a character just came into a room and saw our protagonist standing among a room full of dead bodies. In utter shock and fear (as he had no expectation of this) he proclaimed "What the fuck did you do?"

I don't think without the included profanity, the scene works. He hardly is a character to throw around profanity in regular conversation, but he isn't a priest either and if something shocks him, there is every likely it will come forth.

Anthony

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-07-18T16:03:30Z (over 11 years ago)
Original score: 4