Madeline James on Conlanging for Writing

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with author Madeline James about her journey in learning conlanging for her writing projects.

I had a nice discussion with author Madeline James about how she has just begun learning conlanging to create naming languages and formulaic spells. Join us as we discuss how she focuses on limited conlangs for the needs of her story and about her journey learning the craft. You can see a continuation of this conversation on Madeline’s channel here .

People in this episode

Host: Conlangery Podcast

Guest: Madeline James

Topics covered

• conlanging
• writing
• naming languages
• spells
• storytelling
• craft learning

Keywords

• conlanging
• writing
• naming languages
• formulaic spells
• story
• craft

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