by Moonblaze-Angel » Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:32 am
How often do you notice differences in the writing of authors/writers from different cultures? (be it words or terms you're unused to, unfamiliar scenery that's familiar to the author, etc.)
Oh, I love to try and figure out where they're from. I've noticed Americans tend to use contractions more, were as Brits are a teeny bit more proper. You can always tell a Southern from a Western American, though - it all rides on how they actually type y'all or not. I once read a book called the Panopticon, and the author was Scottish, the characters were Scottish, and they were in Scotland. Do you know how hard it was to read? She wrote how they pronounced words, not spelled them, and it took several pages before I could understand what some of the words meant. And I'd been there before! Also, only a few cultures use Aye for yes.
How and when do you break the rules of grammar in your writing?
I tend to over use commas, semicolons, and dashes. I use them for emphasis or for breath breaks, instead of what they're actually used for. For example, I just did it in the sentence before this one and it looks natural to me (and I almost did it again just now).
Do you ever write stories set in different places, involving different cultures, other than the ones you yourself live or have lived in?
Most of my stories are fantasy/sci-fi/fanfiction, so yes. The ones that I write more slice-of-life style are almost always set in a place I've lived, or have been to before. Usually set in Colorado, though, because I feel like it has one of the most diverse climates of the states; I can write ten stories in Colorado and each of them will be geographically different. The UK + Ireland are also an inspiration for my stories.