In this episode, we explore the linguistic shorthand of the streets and the invisible ways slang shapes our prose.Â
In this episode, we discuss:
The Defunct Slang Trap: Why slang is a living thing that can easily become a fossil, and the importance of recognizing when your character's vocabulary is anchoring them to a time the world has moved on from.
Integrating the Street: How to use slang like salt—seasoning your dialogue to provide instant backstory and social class cues without over-seasoning into caricature.
Are your characters speaking in dictionaries, or are they using the "wallpaper" language of shortcuts and lived-in history?
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