To cuss or not to cuss. That is the question. One of my favorite authors, Ted Dekker, is a New York Times Best Selling writer. One thing that should be noted is that he doesn't cuss in his books. Part of this is probably due to his faith background, but it is commendable to be able to have so much success without cussing.
Personally, I don't mind it either way. I've read books with no swear words, a couple, and TONS of swear words (*coughs* Mark Henry *coughs*). I can see the merits of using it and not using it.
However, I think that language can possibly alienate an otherwise select group of individuals. So where does that leave me? Well, I'm going to write what I'm going to write. If I think that the story warrants some heated dialog, then I will put it in there. Will I be alienating people and turning people away from reading what I write by cussing?
Do you mind if a book has some swear words? If you don't mind, where is the line crossed?
Thoughts?
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