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Your lexicon has expanded significantly.

One thing that still puzzles me: Most of the uses of the glottal stop in Menyic seem to be before and after consonants rather than between vowels. Is there a reason for this?

edited 9th Oct '12 9:51:29 PM by JHM

I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.

Not really. I never really noticed it before. Maybe I'll have to add more vowel-glottal-vowel words as I expand the lexicon.

Alternatively, they're ejective consonants.

I've just realized that to a surprisingly large extent, my setting is The '60s In Space.

At the risk of being well and deservedly shot for this:

Far out, man.

Nous restons ici.

IIRC, you're doing a Reconstruction of old-school Space Operas. The fact that your setting has grown akin to the decades that created them seems to follow logically.

Or maybe I'm reading too much into things due to sleep deprivation. One of the two.

I should write a blog post about the free novella project, but... I do not know how to describe...

What do you mean?

If you mean "I don't know how to summarize my novella project", here's one of many articles that may be of help.

I meant how to describe what the actual project is.

As in. What I plan to do. And how I'm doing it. Words fail me.

I kind of find what the story is about to be inconsequential, and would be summarized like "A freshly-resurrected wizard faces stigma and shame and takes revenge on his killer."

edited 10th Oct '12 8:05:26 PM by ohsointocats

Hmm...brainstorm time.

So basically, how is this different from the typical writing process you do? What's your objective or end goal? Why is it a "free novella" project?

At the moment, write down what you can think of right now and shift through all the trash.

It goes like this:

Write novella —> compile into ebook —> distribute for free.

However that is not a compelling blog post.

Frick yes, ejective consonants! Now your dragon-people can live in the Caucasus and stuff!

*cough*

In any case, glottal stops are fun.

Another question: You have the "you"-exclusive "we" form, but what about the "you"-inclusive "we" form? Is there one? If not, is there a reason for this?

I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.

Yes. The plural forms of the pronouns are simply made by making the pronouns plural. So if "I" is ka, "we-including-you" is kan. "You-singluar" is hlaso, so "you-plural" is hlason. And so on. I probably could've been a bit clearer on that in the paper; I sort of assumed it was obvious, but now that I think about it, that's not true in most languages I know of. In Spanish, "I" is yo, but "we" is nosotros and not yos.

And, yes, glottal stops are fun.

edited 11th Oct '12 4:29:19 AM by TeraChimera

I thought that was the case, but I was unsure.

Been writing more than usual. Feels good.

I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.

I need a topic for Seinfeldian Conversation between two federal agents on a mission.

I don't want to do food. Too cliched. I was thinking about women, but since my story's kind of female-centric already, I want to give the male characters other stuff to talk about. And I don't know anything about sports. And not politics. I don't like having those in my stories.

Damn.

edited 11th Oct '12 10:42:40 PM by Wheezy

Project progress: The Adroan (102k words), The Pigeon Witch, (40k). Done but in need of reworking: Yume Hime, (50k)

How about entertainment (TV, movies, music, whatever)?

Hmm... It would make the story seem dated after about a minute, but it could work.

edited 11th Oct '12 11:32:41 PM by Wheezy

Project progress: The Adroan (102k words), The Pigeon Witch, (40k). Done but in need of reworking: Yume Hime, (50k)

Talk about Buffy it's already slightly dated and that can be lampshaded.

Edit: I was half a sleep when I wrote that, so there was a typo and cleared things up.

edited 12th Oct '12 7:18:10 AM by Vyctorian

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Have a little "novel" excerpt.

In case anyone wondered what my writing is like...

I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.

I've decided the name of my NaNoWriMo protagonist!

Wheezy: Classic literature? Mythology? Education? Maths? Zoology? Cryptozoology? Forteana? Philosophy of science?

JHM: You're very good at selecting particular sensory details to paint the setting. I love your description!

edited 12th Oct '12 8:23:45 AM by Noaqiyeum

The Revolution Will Not Be Tropeable

I love researching eschatology.

Wondering how this sounds:

^ I am amused.

Thank you.

I do, too.

I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.

Yay look progress is being made. I am so happy.