Mike Chara
Scribe
I've got a thing, where if I'm reading a book and it uses a peculiar word that I've not come across before, I like it. You know the ones... where the author will name the particular part of a piece of armour or whatnot, which as the armour is no longer a thing in the real world, the name of that particular thing has fallen out of use.
I enjoy picking up these little tidbits (especially if it's within character from POV, helping build a character by showing his knowledge), as long as it's within reason and not turning the book into a technical document. But I've found that a portion of my beta-readers say these odd words jarr them, 'why not just say the top part of the shield on the left'.
What about you lot?
I enjoy picking up these little tidbits (especially if it's within character from POV, helping build a character by showing his knowledge), as long as it's within reason and not turning the book into a technical document. But I've found that a portion of my beta-readers say these odd words jarr them, 'why not just say the top part of the shield on the left'.
What about you lot?