What time seting should I use for midevil??

[firehorns]

I realy need to know this so if you do know what I should use plase tell me. Also if this helps it is in a land of elves and humans and also dwafs and I am new here so I dont know what I am doing.

 

[Erin99]

If you mean "medieval", try this link: Middle Ages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Hope it helps!

 

[Aes]

I'm really sorry to have to be the bad guy here, but what I am about to say is a well-intended desire to help you so please don't take offense to it. If you plan on writing something, you really might want to work on your spelling and grammar a bit, first. If those two elements are lacking, you'll find that anything you write is quickly glanced over and tossed aside to be forgotten.

 

[Nik]

Re: What time setting should I use for medieval??

Creating a self-consistent dialect is non-trivial. I suggest you make a phrase-book. Given the context, cribbing from eg Shakespeare's 'MidSummer Night's Dream' is probably a good start.

Also, watch your sources, because a lot of 'familiar' Medieval stuff is Victorian revision or pastiche...
;- )

D'uh, I have persistent problems with grammar and punctuation. I never really got to grips with the formal rules of English-- Too much Kipling too young, I suppose !! Often, I'll sense something's not right in a draft, but need a dozen hapless re-writes to correct it...

Didn't stop me writing, don't let it stop you.

Perhaps read your drafts aloud ? Your ears and subconscious may catch what your eyes won't !!

 

[Mary Hoffman]

Shakespeare is not going to help you create a mediaeval dialogue or setting. About a huindred and fifty years too late. Fine for Renaissance/Elizabethan.

I think you are biting off more than you can chew.
Why not make your setting in a parallel Middle Ages? Then at least you can be inventive without having to be tied down to historical fact.

Mary

 

[firehorns]

I'm really sorry to have to be the bad guy here, but what I am about to say is a well-intended desire to help you so please don't take offense to it. If you plan on writing something, you really might want to work on your spelling and grammar a bit, first. If those two elements are lacking, you'll find that anything you write is quickly glanced over and tossed aside to be forgotten.

thx but i dont write like this.

 

[firehorns]

Shakespeare is not going to help you create a mediaeval dialogue or setting. About a huindred and fifty years too late. Fine for Renaissance/Elizabethan.

I think you are biting off more than you can chew.
Why not make your setting in a parallel Middle Ages? Then at least you can be inventive without having to be tied down to historical fact.

Mary

I got the whole setting and stuff down I just need a time setting. Like seconds and hours not a date if thats what it sounded like on the title I am sorry.

 

[firehorns]

If you mean "medieval", try this link: Hope it helps!

Yes it did help me with another problem.

 

[firehorns]

Also I can post the prolouge

 

[j d worthington]

I got the whole setting and stuff down I just need a time setting. Like seconds and hours not a date if thats what it sounded like on the title I am sorry.

In other words: "How to measure time in a mediaeval world", yes?

http://www.chronicles-network.com/forum/39803-how-to-measure-time-in-a-medieval-world.html

As for your comment "thx but i dont write like this"... do you mean the txt-speak sort of thing, the faulty grammar and such (which may simply be the result of haste in posting, not your usual style), or that you don't take time with such niceties of writing, or...? If it's the latter -- I strongy urge you to rethink this, if you're writing for any other purpose than your own pleasure, as these things are vital to anyone attempting to get published -- there are too many out there who are accomplished in these areas for them to bother with someone who obviously doesn't take that sort of care.

On the other hand, if it is one of the other possibilities... that's another matter. Even so, I'd suggest trying to be clearer on what it is you're attempting to communicate, as it helps to garner genuinely helpful answers more quickly.....