On characters texting in books
An increasing number of books include characters texting--it seems like texting is replacing dialogue in a lot of cases. I personally don't have a problem with this, but I do have a problem with the way many authors portray texts, especially with millennial characters.
After reading "Startup" and "Cat Person" recently, among others, it seems like Gen-X and Baby Boomer authors still think millennials text like we did in 2006. Speaking for my specific demographic (educated white female, which is often the same as book characters), my friends and I text in full sentences with capital letters and punctuation and everything. No, we don't abbreviate "people" to "ppl." If we say "u" instead of "you," it's more than likely ironic. We have complete conversations over text; they replace face-to-face or phone conversations a lot of the time, so the way we texts reflects how we'd speak to each other verbally.
I wish good 20-something authors would get published more often, instead of 40+ year-olds writing about the experiences 20-somethings.
Opinions on texting in books?
