Jon Sparks#WritersCoffeeClub 7. Do you avoid idioms, colloquialisms, or embrace them?
Removed ‘expressions’ from above because how do you write without expressions?
I want idiom and colloquialism to give colour and locality to the writing and the two cultures, but have to be very careful about slipping in anything that would feel to much rooted in our world and time. This includes anything grounded in religion, like ‘what the devil’. But ‘fuck’ translocates well.
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Removed ‘expressions’ from above because how do you write without expressions?
I want idiom and colloquialism to give colour and locality to the writing and the two cultures, but have to be very careful about slipping in anything that would feel to much rooted in our world and time. This includes anything grounded in religion, like ‘what the devil’. But ‘fuck’ translocates well.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon