SomethingToPonder
Sage
Hi all, Well im writing my first novel, actually writing is a bit of an overstatement, I am still in the planning stages however I am taking my time with this as I want it to be as good as I can. Anyway il get to the point.
In my novel im going to have multiple races , Its going to be an adventurous novel, with lots of dungeons,monsters and the like. (old school if you think about it really, based on 70'2 and 80's fantasy)
Im trying to make it as much "mine" as i can, and i feel that languages are going to come into play, However there is one thing i cant wrap my head around.
Lets say for instance i have a party of the classic, 1 elf 1 dwarf a wizard and a human.
How can the elf understand the dwarf, i doubt they would speak english. Now i thought of making the wizard able to cast a spell that makes people able to understand each other, However im not 100% sure of this and it seems to be taking the easy way out.
I also thought of say there was a meeting, simply the wizard could just translate. However what about when im in the middle of a battle for instance and the elf shouts something, then what? How can i get the reader to understand what he's saying? I surely wouldent want them to be reffering to some dictionary of a language I made up constantly. How could i get around this?It's been driving me crazy.
Does anyone have a take on this? I recently read a thread where somebody was discussing a few languages he made up and they were very impressive, I have no idea how i would go about making a font but i guess thats for another thread.
Thanks everyone In advance, All feedback is welcome.
In my novel im going to have multiple races , Its going to be an adventurous novel, with lots of dungeons,monsters and the like. (old school if you think about it really, based on 70'2 and 80's fantasy)
Im trying to make it as much "mine" as i can, and i feel that languages are going to come into play, However there is one thing i cant wrap my head around.
Lets say for instance i have a party of the classic, 1 elf 1 dwarf a wizard and a human.
How can the elf understand the dwarf, i doubt they would speak english. Now i thought of making the wizard able to cast a spell that makes people able to understand each other, However im not 100% sure of this and it seems to be taking the easy way out.
I also thought of say there was a meeting, simply the wizard could just translate. However what about when im in the middle of a battle for instance and the elf shouts something, then what? How can i get the reader to understand what he's saying? I surely wouldent want them to be reffering to some dictionary of a language I made up constantly. How could i get around this?It's been driving me crazy.
Does anyone have a take on this? I recently read a thread where somebody was discussing a few languages he made up and they were very impressive, I have no idea how i would go about making a font but i guess thats for another thread.
Thanks everyone In advance, All feedback is welcome.