Thursday, September 6, 2012

Having fun with Shakespeare.

My novel is set in Shakespearean times and I am having fun using Shakespearean insults to put a dash of color into my story.


Take for example this paragraph which I just completed.... (context: the ship has left the main characters on a beach while unloading the long boats. They promised to come back for the main characters but then the ship begins to move....)


“I’m not the only one seeing this right?” Jamie asked in a panicked voice.

“No, I see it to,” Matthias said. He got to his feet and squinted out to sea. “Where are they going…?” he muttered. “Of course!” he slapped his forehead with his palm. “They’ve taken the treasure and are leaving us! This stinks! This is total bat-fowling bladder-boar-pigged maggot-pie! Those beslubbering fat-kidneyed hugger-muggers!”

Yeeeeesss..... I am having a LOT of fun looking through the Shakespearean insults list. I feel quite like Captain Haddock, blistering barnacles.
Now I must get back to writing.

Thou art all ruttish hedge-born skainsmates for reading thus far.
Adieu.