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What is your biggest Pet peeve when it comes to books?
I can handle the love triangles and the stereotypical bad guys, but the thing that sets my teeth on edge in a YA novel is bad teen dialogue. As a writer, it must be hard writing a character that is 15 to 20 years younger than you are. I find that sometimes, there is a little bit of overcompensation and the way they let you know that a teenager is speaking is by using too much slang. Even worse is when the slang is at least 10 years out of date. I am not a teenager, but I know many teens and while slang is certainly a part of their vocabulary, they also mostly speak like intelligent human beings. Nothing ruins a story more than calling someone “babelicous” (seriously, when is the last time you heard someone say that in earnest?) or an unironic “cowabunga, dude”. It really takes me out of the story and ruins the experience of reading.
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Hahaha this cracked me up! “cowabunga, dude”
I couldnt agree more. Ok Authors hello? really?
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Mwahaha! Yes! J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhoos books cracked me up with their slang.
And affected teen-speak drives me nuts. It nearly stopped me from reading A Touch Of Frost (like, whatever, you know?), which I wound up really enjoying.
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Hopping through. Seriously…a book used “Cowabunga, dude?” Which one? That’s awful.
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I always wonder how authors get published when the dialogue is so poor.
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Nothing “dates” a book faster than out of date slang. Good point.
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I agree with that, there is no reason authors should do that, teenagers speak like noramal people. Great pet peeve. I am a a new follower. =]
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Haha, now I kind of WANT to read a (recent) novel with a character using the term cowabunga 😀
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Bad teen dialogue are the worst! Happy Friday!
The only person who pulls this off and it doesn’t bother me is J.R. Ward (which is most definitely not YA lol). The only reason it doesn’t bother me is because I think she is awesome, but anyone else and it just doesn’t work for me!
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lol, or a whoopsie daisy from the male MC. Notting Hill anyone? Happy Friday!
I forgot about that. I hate bad writing. Good plot, good idea, but the thing that ruins any book for me is bad writing. Great answer.
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Good answer about bad writing.
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LOL “babelicious”. Great answer!
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I completely agree!! Bad writing is whack!! 🙂
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That’s funny about the dialogue. Try working with kids and hearing them speak. It drives me crazy. I could never write YA because of that. I’m not up on the lingo and it changes so quickly.
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I totally agree with your peeve! It’s really hard to read a ya book with bad teen dialogue!
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I agree with you completely on the dialogue front. I’ve just read a book where a pair of teen siblings kept calling each other “sis” and “bro”. That does not happen!
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Hopping through. I agree with you! The conversations end up a bit awkward and unrealistic. :-\ Oh and LOL at “babelicious”!
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Ugh, the wanna-be teenage slang kills me! Especially when the author tries too hard. 🙂
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Yes! Great answer! I hate when the author writes a teenager that you can clearly tell it is written by an adult trying to sound like a teenager!
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hi! I’m a new follower and I agree with you! You can see mine at http://www.rachelrmrblog.blogspot.com
Great answer! You just mad me LOL:) Following back!
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