With Jack, it gets back to my uneasy feeling I can't write a smart ass. Does he have to be a smart ass? What if he isn't?
Here's the question turned on its head: what is a smart ass? What does it involve? Can you narrow it down to three or five or ten personality traits, and then see if Jack matches those traits? What are the alternatives to smart arse? How does it differ from "sarky git", "rude bugger", "know it all", "clever clogs" and so on?
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Date: 2003-04-04 04:44 am (UTC)Here's the question turned on its head: what is a smart ass? What does it involve? Can you narrow it down to three or five or ten personality traits, and then see if Jack matches those traits? What are the alternatives to smart arse? How does it differ from "sarky git", "rude bugger", "know it all", "clever clogs" and so on?
--J