I'm in the process of building a fantasy world from the ground up, and I'm trying to create languages for certain regions of the world. How would...
Hello. I was wondering if anyone had any advice on constructing a fantasy sign language. Looking online, I've seen a great deal of information on...
...to write is to represent oneself outright? Any comments most welcome. :)
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In the story I'm writing, the main character goes to a foreign country to study at a boarding school. She learned the language in preparation for...
Hi all, I'm writing a mystery/thriller novel in the first person and my protagonist is a rebellious and cynical young woman with a dark sense of...
If you were to write a short story in another language other than English which would it be and why? For example: I would chose Spanish because...
I’m writing a story, and two of the main characters are a 17-year old girl and her young mother, both Filipino immigrants. Some background: both...
To keep things brief I have been working on a project since I was 10 (naturally it's been rewritten countless times and vastly altered since then)...
So, one of the characters in my story is a deaf teenage girl who lost her hearing either due to a complication when she was born or due to a...
Hi everyone, I am new here, and I have a question. I'm not sure if anyone has asked this before, but have you met anybody who grew up in a...
This thread is to neither encourage nor discourage anyone about writing, but to discuss the potential of the English language for various kinds of...
Hi all, this is my first post, so if I have it in the wrong place, feel free to set me right! Below is an extract from a dream I am using as a...
I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that English has changed so much that it was hard for some to comprehend Shakespeare. On a celestial scale, that...
I wasn't sure whether to put this in word mechanics or here??? Please move if you think it needs it :/ Rightio, I have a lot of countries. As I...
I am in the middle of a "interrogation" and the sheriff is very uncomfortable with this. I am having difficulty explaining his behavior. such as...
Hello everyone! I have an issue, that most of you probably cannot relate to but I’m hoping you can still share your opinion and help me with it....
Not sure where to put this, so Lounge it is. Cormac McCarthy writing on the genesis of language and its connection to the subconscious: The...
@Pharthan's thread reminded me I need help with curses myself. But he's dealing with a future version of English and I'm dealing with Dragonese,...
I am new to this forum, so I am not sure if it is OK to just post a question as a thread, but I wanted to get other opinions on this topic. A lot...
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