I was actually pleased when I read that your characters had a language barrier, and I'm always irked when sci-fi and fantasy writers cheat at that. Why make them all speak English, you're skipping the most interesting part!
I usually incorporate languages into my (non-fanfic) writing. Then I get terribly distracted writing a grammar of the languages involved. I promised myself I wouldn't do that this time, and it worked for a while since the characters only speak English and Spanish, both of which are fairly well documented languages already.
Then of course I managed to decide that one of the minority groups in this setting spoke a Spanish-based pidgin, and oh dear... there I go again. :P
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Date: 2008-11-11 07:46 am (UTC)I usually incorporate languages into my (non-fanfic) writing. Then I get terribly distracted writing a grammar of the languages involved. I promised myself I wouldn't do that this time, and it worked for a while since the characters only speak English and Spanish, both of which are fairly well documented languages already.
Then of course I managed to decide that one of the minority groups in this setting spoke a Spanish-based pidgin, and oh dear... there I go again. :P