Screenwriting : Look here now I have a question for you see by Jr Vaca

Nothing wrong with that, but think of it as spice - a little goes a long ways. You want to make each character's dialogue unique, but you also want to make sure readers don't get confused.

Oh ok, thank you so much, I didn't want to write and make it look like I'm some bigot.

Thanks Jacqueline :)

How your character speaks is VERY important. @nate - A character's depth is created by their actions and... The things they say Test, remove all the names of your characters and read their dialogue and you should be able to tell who is speaking.

@Nate - Subtext is again part of dialogue. I'm now confused, no reader would think because a character is a bigot, the writer is.

Subtext is about what people don't say, so yes, a part of it is physical.

@Jacqueline - I didn't say that. A black writer can write a story about a white racist; does that make him a racist? Odd couple script?

Of course it is acceptable to use slang, and sometimes it is necessary. Just make sure you are using the slang properly. Even Shakespeare used slang in his plays. In Hamlet, Hamlet told his girlfriend to “get thee to a nunnery.” He was not telling her go and live a chaste life, but just the opposite. At the time, a nunnery was street slang for a brothel. Sometimes slang adds a sense realism to both the character and world he/she lives within the story.

Now that my clarification is between the butt crack I just want to say thank you guys so much, now I'm fervent to continue using slang words and ghetto fabulous people in my writing. Thanks again my peeps.