Obviously swearing makes a piece of writing mature and sometimes more realistic. Jaqueline Wilson writes books about young adults and teens but it is painfully obvious she is not one because despite the fact that her characters attend school they don't swear and neither does anyone because she lives in a dream world and her audience is eight year olds who think 'stupid' is the 's-word', this really pulls me out of her books because nobody speaks the way her older characters do. On the other hand, swearing for the sake of it or as immature humour can be just as bad. A character that is constantly making dick jokes can be tiring to read. Also think about the audience, when writing a professional piece, swearing is not okay for most situations, the same with young or broad aged audiences.
Use curse words if they apply to a situation or character. Somebody having a bad time in a zombie apocalypse is gonna drop a few f-bombs here and there but sometimes it doesn't need to be done.
It's also good go keep in mind that not everybody likes swearing and some people don't mind it but don't like some words like the c-bomb. Cursing isn't everybody's cup of tea and if you don't want to swear in writing, don't. If you don't mind take into consideration that not everyone does and let us all be nice to each other now. I don't want to see no fighting! P.S I have on hand on my hip and an eyebrow raised. So can everybody be as happy and smiley as my breakfast before I made scrambled eggs.
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An amazing guide to writing, good grammar and spelling
Non-FictionThis book will teach you all you need to know about writing! If it's for school, wattpad or whatever! Through rhymes and sarcasm, you too can become a nerd! Wow all those exclamation marks made me tired just looking at them.
