Hello everyone,
I posted a thread on ethnic characters, and I also read the one on the characters speaking in foreign languages in a sci-fi short. I write clearly, and plain English is better than flowery prose - as Isaac Asimov noted, creating transparent glass is far harder than making multi-coloured panes, so I try to write so you don't notice the words, just seeing through to the ideas. But people don't speak perfect English, and their accents and speech should mirror their personalities. I presume I have to research ethnicities to know how they speak, and I'd like some directions on how to construct dialogue.
Thanks as always for your help.
I posted a thread on ethnic characters, and I also read the one on the characters speaking in foreign languages in a sci-fi short. I write clearly, and plain English is better than flowery prose - as Isaac Asimov noted, creating transparent glass is far harder than making multi-coloured panes, so I try to write so you don't notice the words, just seeing through to the ideas. But people don't speak perfect English, and their accents and speech should mirror their personalities. I presume I have to research ethnicities to know how they speak, and I'd like some directions on how to construct dialogue.
Thanks as always for your help.