POV and Language

As I work on my novel idea, I have been debating the idea of writing it not only in the rare First Person POV, but also using a particular dialect or old world terminology.

The First Person can be a refreshing change, but you’re limited to what that person knows. However, you can expand on that knowledge by making the First Person past tense. It’s easily done with phrases like “Little did I know…” or “Later it would be known…”.

As for the language and dialect, that is a much trickier style to employ without loosing your reader’s attention. You must consider the audience you are trying to entertain and whether or not they will pick up or put down.

If you want to add a little ‘color’ through language, then it seems best to add a few words here and there without deviating from common speech too much.

Some Sci-Fi novels employ usually always have new slang, titles, and terminology, but for those that use it frequently another good tool is the glossary.