Tag Archive | colloquialisms
Idioms: To Use or Not To Use? That is the Question
Originally posted on Reflections:
Writers should use cultural idioms when they write. My apologies to William Shakespeare. I stole a quote from his famous play Hamlet and tweaked it in my headline. Would someone unfamiliar with his play understand the quote? Would people unfamiliar with the colloquialisms of each other’s culture understand their blog posts?…
Thoughts on Writing – Creating Fantasy Languages
Originally posted on Stephanie Flint – Author and Artist:
One of the topics I’ve been thinking about recently is creating fantasy languages. Reason being, I’m creating a language for use in my YA fantasy manuscript, The Wishing Blade. Now, in the original draft (and even across several drafts for different books in that world), I…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 