I wanted to write a fanfiction with a Regency voice. I was born in 1996, not 1792. Where would I even begin trying to write in a 200 year old voice?
I watched media (tv shows/movies (not all are accurate, we know this), documentaries).
I picked up literature written by authors who wrote in the early 1800s. I learned more about the fashion, vocabulary, and trends of the time period.
Does that mean I have written a Regency Era masterpiece?
No... It is far from perfect, but IT IS MINE.
It's not generated through a prompt.
All the mistakes and messy descriptions are mine, and with each story I write, every piece of literature I pick up, I learn.
Here is a sample I've written:
Light fabric of linen and lace ruffled as the door to the modiste opened, stirring the stagnant air and bringing with it the near-intolerable heat of the day. The cramped streets of London had left the cool serenity of spring and, in lieu of it, a stifling summer. Violet Bridgerton, in particular, waved her fan at her face with such ferocity. Eve feared she may take off and fly into the sky like a common swift.
If someone read this, would they think it was written by a Brontë? Nope, and that's okay, I wasn't born in 1802, I don't speak like I was, but if I ever want to let my art resemble that period of time at all, I need to LEARN how to do it from the people who lived it, not type it into chatgpt.
Learn from those who came before us, not from something that lacks what real writing is and needs... humanity and soul.
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