Are YOU ready for this yet? 😀
Texting is here to stay.
At least until Apple comes up with the next best thing.
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If our stories are to stay current, we need to discuss texting.
Writers need to stay on top of trends and changes, whether they are permanent or fads. Why? Because it dates the story.
I’m discovering more and more the need for research. You may not be writing a historical or technical book, but the need for research is ever-present.
Children’s book? Need to research games they play, books they read or don’t read. Type of clothes they like, yes, even in kids.
YA? Research required not just in slang terms, but clothing, electronics, TV, social media, peer pressure and that’s only the beginning.
Fiction books require research as do non-fiction.
All that brings me to texting. If you want to write a texting scene in your book, research is a must. Start…
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I always drive my daughter nuts by using full words and punctuation in my texts. I also invent acronyms like ‘CUYR’. When I get a puzzled ‘???’ I tell her it means Clean Up Your Room.
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LOLOLOL
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Holy Phone! I have NO idea how to text, How to read a text. Fiddle sticks…. If smoke signals were good enough for my great, great grandfather (an real live Indian Chief)…
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Well, they DO sometimes catch fire Annette 😀
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Are you referring to sexting? Naughty Ape!! lol
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MOI? NEVER! Although I do have to admit to being naughty (in the nicest possible and tasteful way) sometimes LOLOL
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