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I am writing - under commission - a short series of "family friendly" mystery stories.
I never realized how violent/graphic/etc. my stories are. If I take out the raw language, the situations don't make sense. If I cool down the situations, the stories lose their punch.
Writing mystery/crime/thriller stories without my usual language and adult situations is very difficult for me. I don't want to write these as YA or Juvenile stories, but keeping it squeaky clean is hard for me.
Fortunately, the editor wants some sci-fi too, and these are a lot easier for me to keep family friendly.
So, does anyone else write mystery/crime/thriller and deal with graphic language and adult situations? How do you do it?
I never realized how violent/graphic/etc. my stories are. If I take out the raw language, the situations don't make sense. If I cool down the situations, the stories lose their punch.
Writing mystery/crime/thriller stories without my usual language and adult situations is very difficult for me. I don't want to write these as YA or Juvenile stories, but keeping it squeaky clean is hard for me.
Fortunately, the editor wants some sci-fi too, and these are a lot easier for me to keep family friendly.
So, does anyone else write mystery/crime/thriller and deal with graphic language and adult situations? How do you do it?