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Resource: Should You Swear in YA? (And Other Rules About Cursing)

Your mother probably taught you not to curse when you were a child; as a teenager, you learned the freedom in screaming FUCK at the top of your lungs. Now you’re an adult (or at least a focused, responsible writer), and the problem with swearing has snuck back up on you: what is too much, and where do you draw the line between authentic and vulgar? While there’s no single rule for when to swear and when not to in literature, here are some resources I hope will help you avoid that long debate with your editor in the future. 

Rules For Swearing In Literature:

• Everything You Need to Know About Curses, Swears, Profanities and How to Use Them in Literature
• Writing Out the Swearing
• How to Use Profanity in all Genres of Writing
• Swearing in Screen Plays

Should You Swear in Young Adult Literature?

• Blogger Thoughts: Swearing in YA
• Shit Happens: Swearing in YA
• Is Cursing in YA Acceptable?
• Is It Authentic or Gratuitous? 
• Swearing Is Now More Popular in YA
• Swear Words In YA Lit
• Can You Swear in YA Literature? (With Examples)

Swearing Around the World:

• Egyptian Arabic Insults
• Australian Swear Words
• How to Swear In Hebrew
• YouSwear.Com
• A User’s Guide to the Best Swears in Every Language 

There’s no life lesson here, no “remember” this for me to wrap up this post with. Use your discretion, Folks. At the end of the day, authenticity is key, and if it’s really an unacceptable word, well, editors are trained to remove it for you (try to avoid it in the titles).