http://wendypalmer.com.au/2008/07/24/made-up-languages-in-fantasy-writing/ Reading and writing genre books and ebooks Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:44:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://wendypalmer.com.au/2008/07/24/made-up-languages-in-fantasy-writing/#comment-175 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:28:05 +0000 http://wendypalmer.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-175 It should be the first rule of writing: treat your reader with respect. Trust they will get your themes without being beat over the head with them. And trust they will pick up on what is not authentic in your writing, too.

]]> http://wendypalmer.com.au/2008/07/24/made-up-languages-in-fantasy-writing/#comment-174 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:38:30 +0000 http://wendypalmer.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-174 Excellent thoughts. Ultimately, your last sentence should be the guiding light for authors in whatever stage they find themselves: be deliberate in all you do. Have a reason for the things you set up within your world. Readers are sophisticated things, and they know when something is a sham.

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