User blog comment:Mmpratt99 deviantart/A Question About Accents--Is It Better For Characters Not To Have An Accent?/@comment-25170312-20150706220150

One of my favorite aspects of "For Love and Hot Chocolate " is how perfectly Banning wrote the dialogue for a character who speaks like a southern dandy. He gave a little explanation of what kind of accent it was going to be before the character spoke so I knew what voice to read it in. Basically, if you get the reader to understand what kind of accent it is, and they are familiar with that accent, it can really enhance the story. You just have to make sure it's written properly.

Looking over your story, I think you did a great job with it. I've seen accents written in exactly that way and it doesn't require the reader to really know the accent beforehand.