FIRST WE HAVE NAMING OF NAMES – by Margaret Ball

FIRST WE HAVE NAMING OF NAMES – by Margaret Ball

So many aspects of language can overlap with science fiction and fantasy that it’s hard to know where to start. Even if you have absolutely no desire to be J.R.R. Tolkien and design your own language, you can’t get away from all issues. Take characters. Characters generally have to have names. And as soon as they have names, you’re setting up expectations about the kind of world they live in. So let’s think about that for a bit.

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