Comments on: The Language of Fans http://richardfife.com/2010/06/the-language-of-fans/ Short stories and a blog on writing Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:08:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: David http://richardfife.com/2010/06/the-language-of-fans/comment-page-1/#comment-169 David Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:59:08 +0000 http://richardfife.com/?p=296#comment-169 Richard: Couldn't agree more! Plus, along with the requisite Tolkien, Eddings was my gateway to the realm of fantasy oh-so-many years ago, so I'll always have a soft spot for his work. Richard: Couldn’t agree more! Plus, along with the requisite Tolkien, Eddings was my gateway to the realm of fantasy oh-so-many years ago, so I’ll always have a soft spot for his work.

]]> By: Richard Fife http://richardfife.com/2010/06/the-language-of-fans/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Richard Fife Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:36:14 +0000 http://richardfife.com/?p=296#comment-166 David: YES! I had forgotten about that, but I did love it for the snide double-talk. That and I just love Edding's writing style. Not many people can drive a plot off 90% snarky dialogue (that may be an exaggeration, but still) David: YES! I had forgotten about that, but I did love it for the snide double-talk. That and I just love Edding’s writing style. Not many people can drive a plot off 90% snarky dialogue (that may be an exaggeration, but still)

]]> By: David http://richardfife.com/2010/06/the-language-of-fans/comment-page-1/#comment-165 David Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:37:55 +0000 http://richardfife.com/?p=296#comment-165 Nice article Richard. I actually happen to be finishing up "Shadow" as we speak. I think you're right on with the almost unavoidable awkwardness of non-verbal communication - especially when translating to a visual media. I think the only easy way to transition something like Faile's non-verbal language would be to treat it as a foreign language and use sub-titles...though this technique would draw the eyes away from the motions themselves and down to the words on the screen. Guess you can't win them all! My favorite example of non-verbal communication to date has to be the Drasnian Secret Language from David Edding's Belgariad and Mallorean series. Characters say one thing with their words and another completely different thing with their hands. Nice article Richard. I actually happen to be finishing up “Shadow” as we speak. I think you’re right on with the almost unavoidable awkwardness of non-verbal communication – especially when translating to a visual media.

I think the only easy way to transition something like Faile’s non-verbal language would be to treat it as a foreign language and use sub-titles…though this technique would draw the eyes away from the motions themselves and down to the words on the screen. Guess you can’t win them all!

My favorite example of non-verbal communication to date has to be the Drasnian Secret Language from David Edding’s Belgariad and Mallorean series. Characters say one thing with their words and another completely different thing with their hands.

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