Swearing in Fiction 10/17/2015 First a disclosure: I love swearing. I love to swear, I love to hear others swear—fucking love it. So it’s no surprise that I like to hear my own characters swear. But I also get it that others don’t necessarily share my taste in that area, and it can be polarizing. So I try hard to moderate it, to have my characters swear for a reason: if the situation calls for it, to reveal an aspect of their character, to create the story world. When I posted a version
First a disclosure: I love swearing. I love to swear, I love to hear others swear—fucking love it. So it’s no surprise that I like to hear my own characters swear. But I also get it that others don’t necessarily share my taste in that area, and it can be polarizing. So I try hard to moderate it, to have my characters swear for a reason: if the situation calls for it, to reveal an aspect of their character, to create the story world. When I posted a version
