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Study Shows Vulgar Characters In Books Most Popular
Study Shows Vulgar Characters In Books Most Popular (via redOrbit)
Bestselling authors of teen literature portray their more foul-mouthed characters as rich, attractive and popular, a new study finds. Brigham Young University professor Sarah Coyne analyzed the use of profanity in 40 books on an adolescent bestsellers list. On average, teen novels contain 38 instances…
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Profanity should only be used when it adds realism to the character(s) and reflects the situation they are in. Profanity simply for profanity’s sake detracts from the reading enjoyment…
This is interesting to me being that one of my series is a “foul-mouthed” horror/comedy. It’s marketed for adults because the language is at “Pulp Fiction” or “Superbad” levels. That being said, when I released the first one I was sure I was goin to get raked over the coals, especially by female readers (the male characters are a bit misogynistic). Much to my surprise that didn’t happen. Out of 42 reviews for the first two books, only one mentions the language as a negative (and its still a 4 star review). Even more surprising is that the majority of positive feedback has been from women.
Lessons learned: sex may sell but a potty mouth doesn’t hurt things.