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Conlangery #111: Interview with JS Bangs

Conlangery Podcast

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The Importance of Conlanging Words

Every word you choose impacts the story. Choosing to use an English word or a conlang word is a significant, a very significant choice because it changes what, you know, how the reader perceives it. I had an interesting choice along these lines in, in Stormbride. One of the only not, one of the only givrian words that's used like in line in the text is Anna and that is the word that's used for the family unit. And that was because I could not find an English word that had the right connotation, the right scope.

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