Monster by Steve Jackson

every person in the book is quoted using this type of language. It makes all of them sound uneducated. And while I recognize that people really do speak that way, one of the rules writers are supposed to learn early in their careers is that written dialogue rarely appears as it's truly spoken.

Droppin' the final "g" and, you know, leavin' in the pauses, makes the reader work too hard.

So that's my take on Monster. See you here next week.

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