Truth-Teller

Hallejuah! Thank God ALMIGHTY!!

IrishLad

If you mean this in the broader sense (writing in general), I agree wholeheartedly.

But they certainly can be inappropriate for some characters, such as one who does have a broomstick up his/her ass.

CelticCricket

LMAO @ all of you. Please, don't get all bent out of shape over contractions. I see both sides of the argument. School teaches you one thing to have the Proper English outlook. However, I was never too keen in English class. I don't give a crap how sentences are written and what parts they are. I just write what I feel. At most it sounds good to me, so I don't care.

As for the contractions, ALL of my characters used them. But when I went through and reread my story, I made one part of the family sound like they are rich but taking away their contractions they spoke. Whereas, the rest of the family are still heathens. LOL.

Thinking? For most of the characters, I leave the contractions in their thoughts so the reader knows it is them thinking and not me writing. Otherwise, I leave them out.

Once again thanks for all of your advice. It has all benefited me a great deal.

Fossy

I hate contractions, especially after 16 hours of labour - but seriously as lin said, leaving them out makes writing sound too formal and stuffy, unless you want to emphasise something like, "I will do it" rather than the casual "I'll do it'' writing without contractions is for proffessors.

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Originally posted by Sam Winchester.
Fossy's good too. She gives good advice.