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Incorporating foreign languages, slang, dialect, and so on into a work.
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How to write dialogue for someone who is intelligent but barely speaks the language?
To show the intelligence of a character you need to make the reader understand in which way she is intelligent.
I could tell you how I would do it but in this source you can find some good do's and …
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Are there any general rules or guidelines for using neologism or newly coined word (Cutease)?
There is no problem in using new (or even non-existent) words in your story. However...
Writers do this all the time. It is part of the experience to develop a larger vocabulary. But when we learn a …
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How does an author write in hand gestures and non-verbal communication?
The thing I miss in each of these answers is that hand gesturing and non-verbal communication should be treated like any other language.
There are always 2 parties. …
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In which language does the Russian mafiosi speak in my English novel?
So if the reader needs understand what the Russian tries to say to the MC then you should write in the same language as your story. …
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How to address family members solely by relationship in dialogue?
It is all about the introduction and the interpretation of the character who speaks and is spoken to.
There is probably no proper way of addressing those family members using the English speech.
How …
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