Tip 5 of William Faulkner’s 7 Fiction Writing Tips

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Use dialect sparingly.

I think it best to use as little dialect as possible because it confuses people who are not familiar with it. That nobody should let the character speak completely in his own vernacular. It’s best indicated by a few simple, sparse but recognizable touches.

Source: Open Culture



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