I have one character who never speaks but she does use sign language. my question is this. How do I write sign language dialogue. So far what I have been doing is this.
So and so's hands danced in the air before her asking what they were going to do now?
"We are going north....." He told her flatly, hefting the straps of the roughly fashioned sack over his shoulders.
Why she asked with her fingers trailing from that question into another.
"I have called on old friends we will meet them in three days time at the river crossing." He told her and started off through the forest. "We go because our welcome here has worn thin. and the rest, you will know why."
Do you think this works? Or should I do something more like this.
"what are we going to do now?" So and so's hands danced in front of her asking the question.
"We are going north..." He told her flatly, hefting the straps of the roughly fashioned sack over his shoulders.
"Why..." her fingers danced again. "What do you want with me."
"I have called on old friends we will meet them in three days time at the river crossing." He told her and started off through the forest. "We go because our welcome here has worn thin. and the rest, you will know why."
Thoughts?
So and so's hands danced in the air before her asking what they were going to do now?
"We are going north....." He told her flatly, hefting the straps of the roughly fashioned sack over his shoulders.
Why she asked with her fingers trailing from that question into another.
"I have called on old friends we will meet them in three days time at the river crossing." He told her and started off through the forest. "We go because our welcome here has worn thin. and the rest, you will know why."
Do you think this works? Or should I do something more like this.
"what are we going to do now?" So and so's hands danced in front of her asking the question.
"We are going north..." He told her flatly, hefting the straps of the roughly fashioned sack over his shoulders.
"Why..." her fingers danced again. "What do you want with me."
"I have called on old friends we will meet them in three days time at the river crossing." He told her and started off through the forest. "We go because our welcome here has worn thin. and the rest, you will know why."
Thoughts?