Recent content by Demesnedenoir

I don't bother worrying about whether people will pronoucce the words right, because I know many won't. And that's cool. I give pronunciation for the hard cores who dig that sort of thing, but I've met many a reader who starts talking about the books and we just have to work our way around it...

I haven't actually used it in text, and I don't really know if I will, but there would certainly be instructions for clicks if I go that direction... including don't bother if you don't want to, LMAO. I might also just use it for the "ancient" version of the language. I developed it mostly due...

Well, I was going berserk at this point using Zulu for a bit of inspiration with three clicks: dental, alveolar, and lateral. For now, I simply use letters C, Q, and X respectively, but to be blunt, I need to transition those to different symbols or my brain doesn't grasp the pronunciation in my...

Fortunately, words have no power in my magic system, LMAO.

Well, shit. In fairness I have several languages, but they aren't fleshed out entirely, meaning you couldn't learn them and wander around speaking them, heh heh. In fact, I may have went too far on one because it uses clicks and such, so I have no prayer of pronouncing many of its words, LMAO.

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When the gods of your world say "Good Morning" as you roll out of bed.

Welcome aboard! Enjoy the nuggets of wisdom, and avoid stepping in the squishy ones. Just sayin'.

Another good option is to read it aloud yourself while recording it. Then listen to it. You can catch a lot of crap both instances. I catch most stuff while reading aloud, because I'm far too—SQUIRREL!—for audio listening, although by reading at the same time I do better.

Sudowrite and its ilk could destroy a generation of potential writers. Always keep your eye on the devil.

My dictation would turn into gibberish; writing organizes my thoughts. But yeah, some writers in the past recorded their books and had secretaries type it all. I envy the organized brain that can do that. I seem to recall one western writer would drive out to old ghost towns to spur his...

The key is this: Generative AI. Prowritingaid is not Generative AI until it is. Does that make sense? LMAO. I don't know what real AI tools it offers for rewriting, but that would be a major no-no. Spell check, grammar check, and all of that... well, nobody really gives a shit. Computers have...

Yeah, I haven't had my feet in the screenwriting waters for 20+ years, and got my feet wet enough in H'wood to know the water wasn't to my taste, LMAO. Indie films were always an interest and had one built up for a 50k budget at one point before pulling the plug when a couple of people were...

I wouldn't be able to pick your first language from your use of English, but it does have notes of "second language" in there... but that isn't bad in fantasy prose. It could lend a certain strength, in fact. There is one main thing that would tempt me to put this down in line one...

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