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Hi folks! I need a baddifier!
I just got a report back from my agent on an MS that's going to be submitted soon. She would like the language of one of my character's changed.
This is a young black woman who has lived on the streets. She's American, from the South. She had a good education, then fell into bad company. She had a criminal boyfriend, was on drugs, did some petty crime herself, has been in jail. My agent thinks her language is too elegant for someone like that. Thing is, I'm not American myself so I need someone who can help me roughen this up, put in some slang, etc.
In the book, this woman is writing a journal so there's be several journal pages, as well as some dialogue. This is in the late 1970s so it can't be contemporary language.
Any offers?
In return I'll help critique yours!
I just got a report back from my agent on an MS that's going to be submitted soon. She would like the language of one of my character's changed.
This is a young black woman who has lived on the streets. She's American, from the South. She had a good education, then fell into bad company. She had a criminal boyfriend, was on drugs, did some petty crime herself, has been in jail. My agent thinks her language is too elegant for someone like that. Thing is, I'm not American myself so I need someone who can help me roughen this up, put in some slang, etc.
In the book, this woman is writing a journal so there's be several journal pages, as well as some dialogue. This is in the late 1970s so it can't be contemporary language.
Any offers?
In return I'll help critique yours!
It sounds like a fun project... Just not one I'm capable of helping with, not being American myself. Good luck. 
