Writing Lister

[lordvalerymimes.livejournal.com]

Sorry for posting so much on the group, but I have SO many questions.

So I'm still working on my "epic" and I've been going back and forth between writing Lister phonetically and not writing him phonetically. I want to be consistent throughout the fic and I can't decide which I prefer. Sometimes it just feels right writing Lister with an occasional dropped consonant and in' instead of ing. Other-times it feels... I dunno, forced? Maybe like I'm trying TOO hard to sound like Lister.

I know I've encountered both phonetic and non-phonetic Listers in my fanfic readings, and I was curious what everyone else thinks of it. Do you have a preference? Does it irritate you when you read, "smeggin' hell" instead of "smegging hell" or do you prefer it?

This has probably been discussed before, so I apologize if I'm dredging up a dead-horse to beat. :)

Comments

[kronette.livejournal.com]

Hiya! I know I prefer to read and write non-phonetically, because I can hear his voice in my head as I'm reading and it adds the accent perfectly fine. I used to write for Highlander and I massacred the Scottish brogue in my first few stories, despised it after a few years and fixed it to correct spelling before putting them on AO3. It makes it harder to read, IMHO. If you have the characters down (and you seem to), then we'll automatically hear the correct accent/cadence in their voices.

[lordvalerymimes.livejournal.com]

This comment has me tickled pink. I'm still so new at it all I get nervous that I'm biting off more than I can chew with the writing. I still fret that I'm not getting the characters quite right. Thanks for that, it's encouraging. :)