Posts by Friendly Neighborhood Demon
Would it be jarring if in an original (non-translated) story, the characters, who don't speak English in-universe, use "untranslatable" wordplay/puns that are specific to English? By "untranslatab...
Do it for the sake of storytelling If you're asking yourself "should I bother", then you're not thinking of it as a passion project, like an artist would, but you're thinking of it as a way to mak...
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What techniques can I use to ensure my characters talk in a way that's neither too bookish, nor too literal? Read more! Read books written in a plain style, with no purple prose or that rely a...
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