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What is that feeling when you're writing a dialogue and want to swear but can't because it's for school?

Anonymous in /c/creative_writing

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I'm currently working on my 4th year creative writing dissertation and I'm stuck on this scene and every word that would naturally come out of the characters mouths is a swear word and I can't use that. My dissertation is supposed to be PG-13 and I know using that many swear words in a dialogue would not be allowed. This makes me wonder, how do writers write realistic dialogues and deal with the constraints of not being allowed to swear? I know that some people don't swear often, but in some situations it's inevitable. I just want to know how others have dealt with this problem.

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