What Not To Do, True Grit Writers

[redbrunja]

Phonetically spell LaBoeuf's dialogue. Not only is it visually ugly, I feel like an idiot mentally sounding out what he's saying. So even if your characterization and prose are decent to good, I'm not going to keep reading.

I know, accents are hard. I sympathize. (That is the reason the plotbunny about LaBoeuf telling his unit about Maddie Ross and having them all thing he's exaggerating is not ever going to get out of my head.) 

ETA: Post about writing accents and dialect here, via chomiji .

Comments

[hungrytiger11.livejournal.com]

Um, could I ask for the links.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Of course!

http://saraht.dreamwidth.org/754499.html?#cutid1

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6649060/1/Oh_How_Bright_the_Path

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6717838/1/What_a_Peace_Is_Mine

[hungrytiger11.livejournal.com]

Thanks!