One of the candidate ideas I thought about using for Nano, but didn't, was an old story I never finished about a human who has immigrated to an alien planet. And somewhat like in your story, he lacks the resources to make it easy -- it's not like he's a visiting diplomat, he has to learn the language and culture by immersion, and he has to do it in order to survive.
I think part of the reason I'm fascinated by language barriers and culture shock is that living in an extremely diverse area, I see it in daily life all the time. In London you probably experience the same thing.
I saw someone on the Nano forums suggest that if you get caught up writing about the languages, pull a Tolkien -- make it an appendix and add it to your word count. :)
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Date: 2008-11-11 08:50 pm (UTC)I think part of the reason I'm fascinated by language barriers and culture shock is that living in an extremely diverse area, I see it in daily life all the time. In London you probably experience the same thing.
I saw someone on the Nano forums suggest that if you get caught up writing about the languages, pull a Tolkien -- make it an appendix and add it to your word count. :)