[stylist] Thinking of words

[James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR]

you visualize them as 'caricatures?'
please explain.  it doesn't do me much good to work through scenes, 
dialogue, etc., with caricatures.  I guess the exception would be if 
I were writing humor/parody.
most often I am thinking how to make my characters as believable as possible.
jc


At 04:41 PM 1/17/2011, you wrote:
>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
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>>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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