[stylist] Writing process
Brad Dunse
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Tue Jan 18 05:31:10 UTC 2011
Well said. Which is why it is important as writers to give enough
description to allow those images to come through clear, as well the
descriptions of scenes. As a songwriter what is taught is to see a
video of the song and then write to it. This is important too in
literal writing. Let the mind or mind's eye do the creating and then
write to what you see/hear trying to caputre its essence as concise
as possible.
Brad
On 1/17/2011 09:33 PM Judith Bron said...
>This whole thread reminds me of something very relevant in recent
>history. The imagination is a powerful tool. Kids who read the
>Harry Potter books and then saw the movie were disappointed. In
>their minds eye each character had a face, a personality and
>attributes that came alive on film. No longer did Harry look one
>way and Dumbledor another. Now they were defined in a film in
>concrete ways. Many kids preferred it when the characters were in
>their minds. My opinion is that as long as they were imaginary
>characters they were attributed with all the attributes each reader
>wanted to give them. Then they saw them on the big screen. Were
>their opinions wrong? Were the people who casted them in the film
>wrong? No one is wrong. However it shows you that kids prefer
>letting their imaginations go wild as opposed to seeing their
>imaginary characters given definite features and characteristics on
>the silver screen. Judith
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>>When I listen to audio books or dramas, I find I always see either
>>a created realistic image of the person, or a animated
>>cartoon version of that image. Its funny because for people I've
>>never seen, post blindness, I know exactly what they look like in
>>my mind. It would be curious to see how accurate my creative
>>imaging is. I think those images are based off of voice quality,
>>behaviors, tone, pronunciations, and etc. I might mix the
>>character istics of two people into one because one person has
>>qualities of both people I had known when I could see. That plus
>>any descriptions I pick up from other's. All these things help me
>>work out scenes in my mind of people and what they are described as
>>doing in the book. Somewhat related to being able to just think of
>>things and see them is when I could drive, often times long road
>>trips were mindless things and you get to thinking of things. I
>>could drive and see what I was thinking of, totally not "seeing"
>>the road, only yet I was aware and able to navigate. Granted if
>>something were to occur, someone put their brakes on, was turning,
>>etc., I'd then be focused on the road again. The mind's eye is
>>very powerful. Those with RP and experienced the early affects of
>>it will likely attest to seeing, for example, a empty paneled wall
>>and totally miss the clock hanging there. And even though the
>>clock is missed, there isn't a blank spot there, but the mind
>>fills in paneling right over the top because it "thinks" it ought
>>be there. So for people to "think" and "see" according to what they
>>think, is very possible.
>>
>>Brad
>>
>>On 1/17/2011 05:46 PM Judith Bron said...
>>>Everyone's brain incorporates information differently. That's why
>>>we're getting so many different descriptions of the information in
>>>our brains. Think of it. Each letter has one shape. We've gone
>>>off describing the colors it comes in and in some cases the
>>>background it appears on. We talk about how we perceive someone's
>>>characters. Many descriptions differ. There is no right and
>>>wrong, just human perceptions. Judith
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
>>>To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>>Cc: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
>>>Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 6:03 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing process
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>>>>Bridgit and Judith,
>>>>I just realized that one place I still visualize print is right
>>>>here on the computer. I've never gone for a letter and seen it in
>>>>Braille while typing. Hmm.
>>>>Donna
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>>>>On 1/17/2011 5:17 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter wrote:
>>>>>Judith,
>>>>>
>>>>>This is true. When I first learned Braille, I started visualizing the
>>>>>Braille characters instead of the print. It was a weird phenomonon for
>>>>>me since I had read print for for about 16 years up to that point. Even
>>>>>when typing on a keyboard, my first visual was the Braille character.
>>>>>
>>>>>Bridgit
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>>>>>Message: 15
>>>>>Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:42:43 -0500
>>>>>From: Judith Bron<jbron at optonline.net>
>>>>>To: Writer's Division Mailing List<stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing process
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>>>>>Jim and all, I was thinking about this last night. When reading hard
>>>>>copy
>>>>>and you see "Boy" your eyes recognize it immediately and your brain
>>>>>tells
>>>>>you "boy". My assumption is that when reading braille and you feel the
>>>>>letters "Boy" your brain tells you the same thing. A braille reader
>>>>>once
>>>>>told me that when he thinks about the spelling of words he "visualizes"
>>>>>the
>>>>>braille letters. Just a thought, Judith
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