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Quick question about narration and dialogue.
If I'm writing a story in 1st person, should my characters dialogue and narration sound exactly the same?
So for example if my character has a dialect where he pronounces words which end in '-ing' as '-in' (bouncin', instead of bouncing) should he have the same dialect in narration?
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Dropping your g's doesnt count as a dialect. Also don't write in dialect.
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>>9138293
yes
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>>9138348
The -g drop is the hallmark of a shitty writer.
>Hmm...how do I make my dialogue sound real?
>I know! I'll just delete a bunch of g's! That should show how earthy my protagonist is!
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>>9138293
The main chick from Shameless drops her g's as her only dialect feature and it's really embarrassing.
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>>9138293
They don't have to be the same.
Internal monologue isn't really close to how people speak anyway.
It all depends what you're trying to do.
Perhaps your narrator isn't as true to himself in the outside. Perhaps he filters himself or whatver you want. Just make sure you make decisions like this for a reason. There is no right or wrong way, there are only good or bad reasons for creative decisions.
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