I would like to write a historical novel (I know a bit about the subject) but everytime I start I realise that I can't write speech how it would actually been said (i.e. the country dialect). Should I just forge on and not think about it (after all, I can't think of many historical novelists who bother with this)? I know that this sounds quite precious, but it's really holding me up.
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