Hey, all. How's it going?
Anyway, I searched through all of the extremely helpful threads before I even dared to start a new post, but I just had to!
Found a post about writing dialect with was great, but it appeared to be pretty old and didn't hit what I'm thinking.
How do you all feel about using "-in'" instead of "ing" when writing dialogue? Not every time an action is used, of course, but I'm writing characters from Missouri. We don't use the "G" at the end too often around here.
"Well, I was thinkin' about you."
To me it gives a little more realism to the person, but is it annoying to look at? All those apostrophes do look a little cluttery sometimes.
Thanks a boat load!
Anyway, I searched through all of the extremely helpful threads before I even dared to start a new post, but I just had to!
Found a post about writing dialect with was great, but it appeared to be pretty old and didn't hit what I'm thinking.
How do you all feel about using "-in'" instead of "ing" when writing dialogue? Not every time an action is used, of course, but I'm writing characters from Missouri. We don't use the "G" at the end too often around here.
"Well, I was thinkin' about you."
To me it gives a little more realism to the person, but is it annoying to look at? All those apostrophes do look a little cluttery sometimes.
Thanks a boat load!
