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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8362489" data-attributes="member: 6796468">I basically had that idea while I was rewatching Conan the Barbarian while writing. In the beginning, here, I tried to maintain a specific style of writing, a specific vocabulary. The idea was to make a single chronicler of events. But as I listened to Mako, may his memory be a blessing, recite the opening lines against the drums, the initial impetus for a Chronicler in the first place, I realized that I was trying to force everything into a single style. One version of events, one story.And for a multicultural setting, that doesn't really -work-. The words have to come from different perspectives, different people. So while I still start out trying to create the same &quot;Epic Prose&quot; of that speech, I don't hold myself to it.Sometimes it becomes a Chronicler who is trying to be pretentious but doesn't have the experience to use the right words. Sometimes it's someone who doesn't use much prose at all, just simple descriptions of the world around them.Because the Chronicler, every chronicler, should have their own way of doing things.Besides. While Conan's Chronicler regaled us with the days of high adventure, the novels are from Conan's own perspective, or an external one, or from another character's.And each to each, it's kind of how it should be. Some stories as internal, some as internal to the narrative but external to the protagonist, and some as purely external.At least, that's what I'm going for. It might just come off as someone who has issues maintaining a consistent writing style. Only time will tell.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 8362489, member: 6796468"] I basically had that idea while I was rewatching Conan the Barbarian while writing. In the beginning, here, I tried to maintain a specific style of writing, a specific vocabulary. The idea was to make a single chronicler of events. But as I listened to Mako, may his memory be a blessing, recite the opening lines against the drums, the initial impetus for a Chronicler in the first place, I realized that I was trying to force everything into a single style. One version of events, one story. And for a multicultural setting, that doesn't really -work-. The words have to come from different perspectives, different people. So while I still start out trying to create the same "Epic Prose" of that speech, I don't hold myself to it. Sometimes it becomes a Chronicler who is trying to be pretentious but doesn't have the experience to use the right words. Sometimes it's someone who doesn't use much prose at all, just simple descriptions of the world around them. Because the Chronicler, every chronicler, should have their own way of doing things. Besides. While Conan's Chronicler regaled us with the days of high adventure, the novels are from Conan's own perspective, or an external one, or from another character's. And each to each, it's kind of how it should be. Some stories as internal, some as internal to the narrative but external to the protagonist, and some as purely external. At least, that's what I'm going for. It might just come off as someone who has issues maintaining a consistent writing style. Only time will tell. [/QUOTE]

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