Would like to get some opinions on how best to depict texting.
In my WIP I have two present day college students texting:
Angela: meet 4 lunch l8r?
Sammy: sure cant w8t 2 see u
It was suggested in my WG that I was stuck in 2005 (true to some extent) and that with autocorrect the passage should really read as:
Angela: Meet for lunch later?
Sammy: Sure can't wait to see you
I was also advised that younger folks avoid ending texts with a period. It's shouting, or cold, or something that old people do.
Additionally, I was going back on forth as to how to tag the texts. We're in Sammy's 3rd person POV. So should it be:
Angela: Meet for lunch later?
Sammy: Sure can't wait to see you
OR
Angela: Meet for lunch later?
Me: Sure can't wait to see you
Any thoughts/comments are welcome.
In my WIP I have two present day college students texting:
Angela: meet 4 lunch l8r?
Sammy: sure cant w8t 2 see u
It was suggested in my WG that I was stuck in 2005 (true to some extent) and that with autocorrect the passage should really read as:
Angela: Meet for lunch later?
Sammy: Sure can't wait to see you
I was also advised that younger folks avoid ending texts with a period. It's shouting, or cold, or something that old people do.
Additionally, I was going back on forth as to how to tag the texts. We're in Sammy's 3rd person POV. So should it be:
Angela: Meet for lunch later?
Sammy: Sure can't wait to see you
OR
Angela: Meet for lunch later?
Me: Sure can't wait to see you
Any thoughts/comments are welcome.