[stylist] Thinking of words

[Judith Bron]

I'm sure many of you have experienced the characters you write about coming 
to life and taking on an identity of their own.  The characters in my novel 
have a life of their own.  However, when I visualize them it is as 
caricatures.  It's very wierd, but that is the reality they place themselves 
in.  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 5:29 PM
Subject: [stylist] Thinking of words


> Atty,
>
> I don't visualize colors associated with numbers or letters, I usually
> just "see" the numerals and print letters, but I have developed this odd
> way of visualizing stories.
>
> Either when I read or write, I visualize scenes, similar to pictures or
> movies (which I have always done) but the unusual thing is I now
> visualize these "scenes" with different shades of coloring.  I haven't
> yet figured out if there is a pattern in the particular shade I
> associate, but for instance, when I read Chris's piece in the bar, I
> visualized the scene with clear, but bright colors.  Clothes, the bar,
> decorations, they all took on this shadeing.
>
> I am working on a story about a couple who have a strong attraction to
> one another, but they are brother and sister-in-law.  When I am writing,
> or thinking about where to go next, I visualize everything with faded
> bold colors--similar to an old picture.
>
> I have always been very visual, but this shading thing is new.
>
> Bridgit
>
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> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:24:54 -0600
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> When I think of words I immediately think of their color. I have
> graphemic
> synesthesia and my numbers and letters are in color, but secondly comes
> the
> mind seeing of the word and sometimes mine are braille simbols,
> sometimes
> printed letters and sometimes a mix of both.
>
> Anyone else do this?
>
> Curious now,
> Atty
>
>
>
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