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.
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).
*scrolling through the notes of a post* dang I thought a post this big might have an image description in the notes to rb. ah well I guess *goes back to the post*
In stories, people always try to get rid of a curse by tricking someone else into buying or accepting it. this implies curses are analog.
it’s not like passing on, for example, an mp3 file. when you pass on a curse you are passing on the originalcopy (thus freeing yourself). which means curses are analog.
alternatively, curses are digital but are under stringent DRM rules
OP, I am
1. a witch
2. a librarian
and I am so damn delighted andangrythatyou are absolutely right.
For tenko being switched with any guy is the worst thing ever. But it’s not helping that kiyo keeps talking about “investigating the beauty of humanity” which she assumes to mean her body
So she never leaves him alone, like at all. Which is both curious and frustrating to kiyo who is currently trying to send friends to his sister (for this reason he recommends tenko right off the bat instead of himiko for the ritual)
Miu-Angie
Miu anf angie are both very very stubborn, not to mention very opposed in mindsets. So they try and pretend they don’t care about what happened but also are non stop arguing about everything.
