brit_pickers - Profile (original) (raw)

on 14 October 2006 (#11388406)

This is a community for helping writers improve their characterisation of British characters, whether in fanfiction or original fiction. We welcome posts pointing out common pitfalls, especially as affecting users of American English, and equally, we welcome enquiries about whether a phrase or term would be appropriate to a given character.

No need to keep it to dialogue - you can ask about all manner of social/cultural details - the education system, retail habits, music, politics, healthcare... anything that you might need to paint a more convincing character and/or situation.

Please remember that this community seeks to support writers and help them improve the quality of their writing, not to slam or ridicule anyone's efforts. Please keep it friendly.

This community is flagged as "adult concepts" due to bad language.

Thanks,

Kate

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