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VOICE MEME
1) What’s your name?
2) How old are you?
3) Where are you from? Are you living there right now?
4) What's the time?
5) Is it cold where you are?
6) What are you wearing?
7) What was the last thing you listened to?
8) What was the last thing you ate?
9) What was the last thing you watched on TV?
10) What’s your favorite TV show? Why?
11) Quick! Find a book, or something with text on it! Flip to a random page and read some of it! GO!
12) What was the last movie you saw? How was it?
13) Do YOU think you have an accent? Talk about that.
SO EMBARRASSING. BLEEP BLORP.
My brain hurts today.
neopatamonxI tag no one, do it if you want.
VOICE MEME
1) What’s your name?
2) How old are you?
3) Where are you from? Are you living there right now?
4) What's the time?
5) Is it cold where you are?
6) What are you wearing?
7) What was the last thing you listened to?
8) What was the last thing you ate?
9) What was the last thing you watched on TV?
10) What’s your favorite TV show? Why?
11) Quick! Find a book, or something with text on it! Flip to a random page and read some of it! GO!
12) What was the last movie you saw? How was it?
13) Do YOU think you have an accent? Talk about that.
SO EMBARRASSING. BLEEP BLORP.
My brain hurts today.
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Ha ha ha! Priceless, Oxnard, Priceless! Your "No's" got a chuckle out of me every-time. Kudos on the distortion effect to.
Here's a question, did you have a screen reading program read any of this? I inquire because the way the word "Sun" was pronounced "Soon." You either had fun with it, or the program did some magic with the word.
If it was a program, I envy you for it. I've never heard one capable of making a reading voice like that. I'd actually enjoy mine if it sounded like yours.
This brings me to a funny point. In real life, people tell me I have a great voice for radio. Add to the fact my looks are, well, uh... Yeah, I have a good voice for radio. :)
Here's a question, did you have a screen reading program read any of this? I inquire because the way the word "Sun" was pronounced "Soon." You either had fun with it, or the program did some magic with the word.
If it was a program, I envy you for it. I've never heard one capable of making a reading voice like that. I'd actually enjoy mine if it sounded like yours.
This brings me to a funny point. In real life, people tell me I have a great voice for radio. Add to the fact my looks are, well, uh... Yeah, I have a good voice for radio. :)
hehehe, thanks! :3 When I was making the final version, I didn't like my original answers, so I just used 'No' to say it simply... but the program never read 'No.' - I guess since there was a period, it thought it was the abbreviation for Number, and didn't include it?
It was a text-to-voice reading program thing. (: I noticed that too! Sun became Soon, Hamtaro became Hamtara. I'm pretty sure I spelled everything correctly - but I guess it makes some assumptions with pronunciation, instead of actually knowing how to sound each word out, or allowing you to edit it. :B
And I distorted the voice too, to make the pitch higher. :3 I slowed the pitch down two times for my first question, and the lowest voice was closer to how it actually was. I think it sounds adorable like that! :D
You made me laugh. ;P At least they didnt' say, "You have a face for radio." (: You could always give this a try too, and let us in on your super-cool radio voice, if you have a microphone or something. :3 Or maybe that JAWS program or something you use for your sight that might read text for you? I guess you might need a microphone for that too... it would be interesting if you did! But I guess either way, it makes sense that someone with a good writing voice would have a good taking voice? :B
It was a text-to-voice reading program thing. (: I noticed that too! Sun became Soon, Hamtaro became Hamtara. I'm pretty sure I spelled everything correctly - but I guess it makes some assumptions with pronunciation, instead of actually knowing how to sound each word out, or allowing you to edit it. :B
And I distorted the voice too, to make the pitch higher. :3 I slowed the pitch down two times for my first question, and the lowest voice was closer to how it actually was. I think it sounds adorable like that! :D
You made me laugh. ;P At least they didnt' say, "You have a face for radio." (: You could always give this a try too, and let us in on your super-cool radio voice, if you have a microphone or something. :3 Or maybe that JAWS program or something you use for your sight that might read text for you? I guess you might need a microphone for that too... it would be interesting if you did! But I guess either way, it makes sense that someone with a good writing voice would have a good taking voice? :B
Ah! A voice-to-text program. Is that like "Dragon: Naturally Speaking?" That's the only one I know. However, one thing I have heard about those types of progs is that it takes them awhile to get used to you. In a sense, it's like you have to go on many dates with the program before it decides whether-or-not it wants to beother understanding you for who you are. :)
Hmm. Interesting idea, Oxnard. I don't have a microphone. However, I do have a "clever" way I could let everyone in on my beloved JAWS voice. I simply take my audio output from my speakers to my audio in on my sound card. I used this a short while ago when I made a special, mix CD that was in honor of a friend of mine and a movie that we named his car after when we were in High School.
Just to demonstrate how lame I am, I was able to get all the sound clips I needed from the film without hearing ANY of the sound with very few takes. Add to this I hadn't seen the movie in almost 3 years and you can tell how much it had an impact on my teenage / young adult life.
Oh, the movie, it was a B-Movie called "The Stoned Age." :) Yes, my lame geekiness never ends!
Hmm. Interesting idea, Oxnard. I don't have a microphone. However, I do have a "clever" way I could let everyone in on my beloved JAWS voice. I simply take my audio output from my speakers to my audio in on my sound card. I used this a short while ago when I made a special, mix CD that was in honor of a friend of mine and a movie that we named his car after when we were in High School.
Just to demonstrate how lame I am, I was able to get all the sound clips I needed from the film without hearing ANY of the sound with very few takes. Add to this I hadn't seen the movie in almost 3 years and you can tell how much it had an impact on my teenage / young adult life.
Oh, the movie, it was a B-Movie called "The Stoned Age." :) Yes, my lame geekiness never ends!
Ahaha, maybe I was dating a program and I didn’t even know!? ;O; I didn’t shower or anything until after I did it… I just visited this site: http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php for the voice thing. It’s neat that you can save it too! :D There were only a few options for English voices though.
Wha? I didn’t know you could do something like that! I wouldn’t have thought of it. 8D But if you can pull it off, I bet that’d be super awesome to try out! :D Beep blorp. I’m sure your robo-voice is much more natural than mine. :3
You really knew it that well? 8D I’m impressed! :3 I usually get kind of hazy when thinking of quotes from .hack if I haven’t watched it in a while… though I guess in a way that’s good because then you can use ideas in your own words… to be able to quote so precisely after so long seems much more impressive to me. ;P I haven’t watched or heard of The Stoned Age, but I read a quick summary, and I sure like the pun. :B
It sounds like that turned out to be a thoughtful little exchange between you two. :3
Wha? I didn’t know you could do something like that! I wouldn’t have thought of it. 8D But if you can pull it off, I bet that’d be super awesome to try out! :D Beep blorp. I’m sure your robo-voice is much more natural than mine. :3
You really knew it that well? 8D I’m impressed! :3 I usually get kind of hazy when thinking of quotes from .hack if I haven’t watched it in a while… though I guess in a way that’s good because then you can use ideas in your own words… to be able to quote so precisely after so long seems much more impressive to me. ;P I haven’t watched or heard of The Stoned Age, but I read a quick summary, and I sure like the pun. :B
It sounds like that turned out to be a thoughtful little exchange between you two. :3
Actually, no. My mechanical voice is rather lousy. Though, now that I think of it, one of my past versions of JAWS did come with a special disc that really ups the vocal quality of the program. Perhaps I will go and install that this week. Then, should I get around to having some fun, I will sound all sophisticated and stuff.
As for "The Stoned Age," I am fortunate in that my writing style does not cater to the demographic that movie is intended to. This means all my grand memorization is good for nothing more than bringing up winning lines when certain songs come on the radio or when I'm in the thick of discussions with close friends who were a part of my oh-so loathable High School years. :)
Here's a fun question. Is there any movie, or show, that you and your RL friends seem to have some sort of unique bond to? Perhaps a show that, when it comes on, you can't help but get a smile on your face as you are flooded with the good times that existed amongst darker ones?
For me, The Stoned Age was it. It named my friends car, subsequent car, and made me a lifelong fan of the Blue Oyster Cult.
On the flip-side, The Land Before Time move franchise would be the instrument of my coming to terms with myself for being "different" from everyone else. That movie, and I kid you not, actually was part of starting a year long fight with my best friend. We've made up since then, but it was an interesting ride in the meantime. Yep, yep, yep!
As for "The Stoned Age," I am fortunate in that my writing style does not cater to the demographic that movie is intended to. This means all my grand memorization is good for nothing more than bringing up winning lines when certain songs come on the radio or when I'm in the thick of discussions with close friends who were a part of my oh-so loathable High School years. :)
Here's a fun question. Is there any movie, or show, that you and your RL friends seem to have some sort of unique bond to? Perhaps a show that, when it comes on, you can't help but get a smile on your face as you are flooded with the good times that existed amongst darker ones?
For me, The Stoned Age was it. It named my friends car, subsequent car, and made me a lifelong fan of the Blue Oyster Cult.
On the flip-side, The Land Before Time move franchise would be the instrument of my coming to terms with myself for being "different" from everyone else. That movie, and I kid you not, actually was part of starting a year long fight with my best friend. We've made up since then, but it was an interesting ride in the meantime. Yep, yep, yep!
Ah, I see! :3 Well it's neat that you have options with JAWS! If you can update the voice possibilities, I hope the cool customization works that much better for ya. (:
Oh oh! I just saw a commercial for National Lampoon's "Stoned Age", is that it? Or is the title just similar? :B It's good to have movies like that, with parts of it that might not be useful when it comes to writing and art the way you like, but good for sharing memories or experiences from a special place in time that you went through with others. :3
I think there are a couple different shows or movies I could relate that situation with. :3 I think I could even relate Hamtaro to a kind of show like that, since I used to watch it with my sister and younger friend from time to time. I see that the Blue Oyster Cult had at least one song in The Stoned Age - It's so cool how it can leave a lasting impression like that, and how one movie can introduce you to lots of other things too! :3
I wouldn't have thought TLBT would cause fights between people! But I'd guess that'd just mean you're that passionate if you could pull a message from that meaning, and get into conflict with others because you believed in it so much, or well whatever the situation might have been. (: It's good to find so much meaning and grow from something like that!
Oh oh! I just saw a commercial for National Lampoon's "Stoned Age", is that it? Or is the title just similar? :B It's good to have movies like that, with parts of it that might not be useful when it comes to writing and art the way you like, but good for sharing memories or experiences from a special place in time that you went through with others. :3
I think there are a couple different shows or movies I could relate that situation with. :3 I think I could even relate Hamtaro to a kind of show like that, since I used to watch it with my sister and younger friend from time to time. I see that the Blue Oyster Cult had at least one song in The Stoned Age - It's so cool how it can leave a lasting impression like that, and how one movie can introduce you to lots of other things too! :3
I wouldn't have thought TLBT would cause fights between people! But I'd guess that'd just mean you're that passionate if you could pull a message from that meaning, and get into conflict with others because you believed in it so much, or well whatever the situation might have been. (: It's good to find so much meaning and grow from something like that!
Yep, yep, yep! You could say The Land Before Time started a whole new phase in my life where I began to truly realize how I was never going to be able to be a traditional meat eating, sports watching, car driving male. From watching it again that fateful summer before my senior year, I began to grow into the cutesy, family-oriented, juvenile book writing guy you are now reading these words from. There were many bumps in the road along the way. However, once I learned to stop pretending to be something I wasn't, I was finally able to enjoy my life with no regrets. True I am alienated by society how "different" I am. However, if my personality wouldn't have done it, my blindness would've done it anyway. So, at least in this sense, I am happy. :)
National Lampoon's Stoned Age? I never heard of that. Though, if the main characters are named Joe and Hobbs, they are hitting the nail right on the head. The plot takes place in the 70's as a group of teen burnouts "drive around Torrence trying to get drunk, stoned, and laid." Not much depth, but it is amusing all the same.
*Cush-Cush* You know, I don't even start these discussions on purpose. Though, I'm super happy you can relate with me. I've never felt more in tune with myself as a person in all of my life. This is perhaps why, as of now, I am feeling so confident despite my current employment situation. So, for the millionth time, thank you. :)
National Lampoon's Stoned Age? I never heard of that. Though, if the main characters are named Joe and Hobbs, they are hitting the nail right on the head. The plot takes place in the 70's as a group of teen burnouts "drive around Torrence trying to get drunk, stoned, and laid." Not much depth, but it is amusing all the same.
*Cush-Cush* You know, I don't even start these discussions on purpose. Though, I'm super happy you can relate with me. I've never felt more in tune with myself as a person in all of my life. This is perhaps why, as of now, I am feeling so confident despite my current employment situation. So, for the millionth time, thank you. :)
Hehe, if you’re going to realize you’re your own, different self, the sooner you acknowledge it and accept what it means, the better off you’d be! At least that’s what I think so. :3 I kinda wish I realized some things like that earlier on too. But at least we’re where we are at now, and have made it past some things like that! :3
I looked it up in detail, and they’re two different movies, and both of these films had different names before they decided on the final one! Maybe when you get published you have to have a certain look or name or something? I think the party one sounds funner than caveman stuff though! :3
We just talk and more and more comes! I love being able to talk with my pals online, even if it’s not as in depth, though I’m obviously happy to really get to talk to someone like this too! Good times! :D
Good times indeed, Oxnard. You know, aside from my seemingly endless love for commas, I've got to make a fun note here. That being how I actually have a friend who has a similar motto who lives in the town I grew up in. The difference, though, is you are a lot more open and expressive than he is. Whether its in person, or on the phone, or on the web, I always feel like I am pulling teeth to get a discussion out of him. Poor guy is terribly introverted.
This bring up another fun point. Have you ever noticed how people act differently online as opposed to offline? I know the idea makes a lot of sense. However, again with the commas, I really don't act really any different on here than I do in real life. I'm naturally a total chatter-box who enjoys open flowing discussions. On one side, this can be bad in that I make myself vulnerable. However, back on our previous discussion, it has taken me years to feel proud of who I am and, quite honestly, I enjoy being able to be as open as possible no matter what the medium. Any thoughts?
Oh, in regard to title changes, I actually have a fun tale to tell you. I'll start by saying how the book I submitted was originally titled "The Tales of Silmaria: The City of Solitude." However, as publisher's don't like stories that are technically taken up in the middle of something, I renamed it to simply "The City of Solitude."
Now let's go to the next level. I'm sure you've heard of the book / movie, Twilight. Well, she originally submitted the book under the title "Force" in reference to a region in Washington state she felt the story best fell in place at. However, her agent and publisher decided it needed to have a name change to make it appealing to the market.
So, this in mind, I wouldn't be surprised in the least that, if my book got picked up, I'd need to rename it. I'm quite found of "City of Solitude," but I'm more fond of being successful. Plus, for those closest to me such as yourself, you'll always know the TRUE nature of the beast. That fact alone makes me very happy in that, no matter what they do, the original idea will always live on. :)
This bring up another fun point. Have you ever noticed how people act differently online as opposed to offline? I know the idea makes a lot of sense. However, again with the commas, I really don't act really any different on here than I do in real life. I'm naturally a total chatter-box who enjoys open flowing discussions. On one side, this can be bad in that I make myself vulnerable. However, back on our previous discussion, it has taken me years to feel proud of who I am and, quite honestly, I enjoy being able to be as open as possible no matter what the medium. Any thoughts?
Oh, in regard to title changes, I actually have a fun tale to tell you. I'll start by saying how the book I submitted was originally titled "The Tales of Silmaria: The City of Solitude." However, as publisher's don't like stories that are technically taken up in the middle of something, I renamed it to simply "The City of Solitude."
Now let's go to the next level. I'm sure you've heard of the book / movie, Twilight. Well, she originally submitted the book under the title "Force" in reference to a region in Washington state she felt the story best fell in place at. However, her agent and publisher decided it needed to have a name change to make it appealing to the market.
So, this in mind, I wouldn't be surprised in the least that, if my book got picked up, I'd need to rename it. I'm quite found of "City of Solitude," but I'm more fond of being successful. Plus, for those closest to me such as yourself, you'll always know the TRUE nature of the beast. That fact alone makes me very happy in that, no matter what they do, the original idea will always live on. :)
Hehe, I think it’s great that you’re able to be yourself no matter where you are! I think most of the friends that I know both online and offline seem the same way too. Knowing the online world kinda well, it’s kind of fun to see what each of them is like on here – how they type or behave, just little things. (: It’s neat to know that you might not be far off from what I know here, conversation-wise! Though, I know I’m definitely different in both places. :B
Luckily your title change wasn’t too different! Just cut out some detail. And who knows, if you were to right more stories from the same world, you could always add that title on later! :3
I didn’t know that about Twilight either! It’s kind of funny too. Twilight is my favorite word in English, it just sounds really pretty, so a few years ago I decided to flip through it and see if it appealed to me at all. I didn’t read very much, but if it was called “Force” I probably wouldn’t have noticed it or picked it up at all. :B Luckily it’s just a title, and not the whole story.
Just like we eventually learned that Force was the original name of Twilight, I’m sure the same could happen to your book! Like with Snakes on a Plane and other works, that sort of title change just eventually gets out, and we all get to learn a little more of the story. :3
Luckily your title change wasn’t too different! Just cut out some detail. And who knows, if you were to right more stories from the same world, you could always add that title on later! :3
I didn’t know that about Twilight either! It’s kind of funny too. Twilight is my favorite word in English, it just sounds really pretty, so a few years ago I decided to flip through it and see if it appealed to me at all. I didn’t read very much, but if it was called “Force” I probably wouldn’t have noticed it or picked it up at all. :B Luckily it’s just a title, and not the whole story.
Just like we eventually learned that Force was the original name of Twilight, I’m sure the same could happen to your book! Like with Snakes on a Plane and other works, that sort of title change just eventually gets out, and we all get to learn a little more of the story. :3
Quite. It's for a lot of those reasons that I really enjoy being in the realm of creative thinking and development. I think Shrek put it best when he described himself as an onion. Any type of project that is done out of passion instead of neccessity almost ALWAYS has layer-upon-layer of unique depth and detail that goes miles beyond the piece itself.
"Snakes on a Plane" was a wonderful example of this in that Sam Jackson, rather than allowing them to change it to, I believe, "Flight 151 Pacific," told them flat out he signed up for Snakes on a Plane and that's what the movie was going to be. His fervor toward it helped turn it into an instant cult classic!
Ironically, if you don't mind me going on a bit, anyone who would go through every piece of my natural work would quickly come to realize that, in some way, it is all linked. The stories, plots, and situations may differ along with the timelines. But, to some degree, there is always a point of intersection. Kind of like driving on an interstate. You can go down the main strip, or get off an exit and find out something you may have never realized or be more interested in. :)
"Snakes on a Plane" was a wonderful example of this in that Sam Jackson, rather than allowing them to change it to, I believe, "Flight 151 Pacific," told them flat out he signed up for Snakes on a Plane and that's what the movie was going to be. His fervor toward it helped turn it into an instant cult classic!
Ironically, if you don't mind me going on a bit, anyone who would go through every piece of my natural work would quickly come to realize that, in some way, it is all linked. The stories, plots, and situations may differ along with the timelines. But, to some degree, there is always a point of intersection. Kind of like driving on an interstate. You can go down the main strip, or get off an exit and find out something you may have never realized or be more interested in. :)
Totally! :3 I don’t remember that quote, but that’s what makes school work so dull, and creative work so fun! It’s probably also why most people tend to do better with creative work in school? At least I know I always enjoyed that! :3
While you might have a good idea of what your work is, and think of a fantastic title for it (I don’t think I’d consider the Flight title nearly as good), but sometimes maybe a title can be better used as a way to tell people what your story is going to be about, or a good way to advertise it to others. :3
And the road metaphor is a really good example for your stuff too! It’s very much like that – a road full of thoughts and ideas, with other roads along it that’ll lead you further into detail with those ideas, or into different stories based on any of those parts of your mind… I might not be as good with writing that like you are… but yes I understand. :D
While you might have a good idea of what your work is, and think of a fantastic title for it (I don’t think I’d consider the Flight title nearly as good), but sometimes maybe a title can be better used as a way to tell people what your story is going to be about, or a good way to advertise it to others. :3
And the road metaphor is a really good example for your stuff too! It’s very much like that – a road full of thoughts and ideas, with other roads along it that’ll lead you further into detail with those ideas, or into different stories based on any of those parts of your mind… I might not be as good with writing that like you are… but yes I understand. :D
It's amazing how something as simple as a title can make, or break, a project. Add to this the whole concept of presentation within constraints and you have a whopper of an endeavor whenever you try to pitch any new concept to a particular target audience.
For example, with regard to what I just did to try and get my book publicized, I had to create two completely different query letters to send to agents based on the constraints they gave me. Some want only a page, where others actually allow for more to give more information. In either case, I have to figure the best way to not only sell the story, which they haven't read, to them while giving them a reason to give a dang about me as a writer who has NO written achievements with the exception of a contest I won on the Wizards of the Coast web-site. The story could be perfect for a particular agent. However, if I put down the wrong series of words in my query, they will ignore me flat out and that will be that. God, first impressions are a pain. :)
That's what makes talking with you so interesting and fun, Oxnard. Before I got to sharing thoughts with you, I only ever got feedback on the concept of creativity from those people who were fellow writers. Where this is great for developing my written communication skills, it misses a very important, outside perspective. That being the way someone can depict the scene as opposed to taking the many words it requires to develop one.
Something fun to play with on this fact is how, as an artist, you can present an idea just the way it is in your head. However, as a writer, I must try and present my mental images through words. This means that, for better-or-worse, people may, or may not, get what I'm trying to share with them. In some cases, like my avatar here, it turned out better, because Winged Ham-Ham took my idea and made it 1,000 times better than I could've ever imagined. For worse in that, if I fail to describe something properly at the right time, people will either lose interest or find the character, situation, etc. unbelievable or gaudy.
What is your take on this, Oxnard? As you and I subscribe to two different schools of creativity, I've got to wonder your thoughts on this matter. Particularly since, truth be told, I envy your ability to take what's in your head and present it as is to the world.
For example, with regard to what I just did to try and get my book publicized, I had to create two completely different query letters to send to agents based on the constraints they gave me. Some want only a page, where others actually allow for more to give more information. In either case, I have to figure the best way to not only sell the story, which they haven't read, to them while giving them a reason to give a dang about me as a writer who has NO written achievements with the exception of a contest I won on the Wizards of the Coast web-site. The story could be perfect for a particular agent. However, if I put down the wrong series of words in my query, they will ignore me flat out and that will be that. God, first impressions are a pain. :)
That's what makes talking with you so interesting and fun, Oxnard. Before I got to sharing thoughts with you, I only ever got feedback on the concept of creativity from those people who were fellow writers. Where this is great for developing my written communication skills, it misses a very important, outside perspective. That being the way someone can depict the scene as opposed to taking the many words it requires to develop one.
Something fun to play with on this fact is how, as an artist, you can present an idea just the way it is in your head. However, as a writer, I must try and present my mental images through words. This means that, for better-or-worse, people may, or may not, get what I'm trying to share with them. In some cases, like my avatar here, it turned out better, because Winged Ham-Ham took my idea and made it 1,000 times better than I could've ever imagined. For worse in that, if I fail to describe something properly at the right time, people will either lose interest or find the character, situation, etc. unbelievable or gaudy.
What is your take on this, Oxnard? As you and I subscribe to two different schools of creativity, I've got to wonder your thoughts on this matter. Particularly since, truth be told, I envy your ability to take what's in your head and present it as is to the world.
Wow, that sounds really stressful! All just so that people might be interested to read more, and then find out if they want to pursue the book idea you have even further. I’m glad you think one in particular would be especially interested – that’s good to hear! :3 Hopefully you’ll have a good round and someone’ll pick up on you and your story!
Oh, I can definitely help with that perspective! :3 I do love reading, even if I don’t do it very often, and don’t write myself, but I think those that aren’t writers take things a bit differently from those that are way more into the practice? Kind of like getting an opinion on comics and art from people that might not dedicate themselves to either – it’s good to see what both sides of the world think, especially if you’re aiming for success! (:
And we definitely have different ways of expressing our ideas. Even though we use words in our mind when trying to think out stories or pictures, a lot of it is visual too – in a way, don’t words and images depend on one another? :3 When you specialize in one, you lose the clarification of the other. That’s kind of why I have to write descriptions of my comics sometimes, so people can follow along, in case the pictures and words in the pictures don’t say enough. It definitely makes sense why kids start out with picture books when they start reading – though, I’d still like seeing images in the books I read today too. (:
Oh, I can definitely help with that perspective! :3 I do love reading, even if I don’t do it very often, and don’t write myself, but I think those that aren’t writers take things a bit differently from those that are way more into the practice? Kind of like getting an opinion on comics and art from people that might not dedicate themselves to either – it’s good to see what both sides of the world think, especially if you’re aiming for success! (:
And we definitely have different ways of expressing our ideas. Even though we use words in our mind when trying to think out stories or pictures, a lot of it is visual too – in a way, don’t words and images depend on one another? :3 When you specialize in one, you lose the clarification of the other. That’s kind of why I have to write descriptions of my comics sometimes, so people can follow along, in case the pictures and words in the pictures don’t say enough. It definitely makes sense why kids start out with picture books when they start reading – though, I’d still like seeing images in the books I read today too. (:
That's a splendid point, Oxnard! I never saw the "vice-versa" aspect until you just said it. As a writer, I can describe the dickens out of a situation. However, in doing so, the mental image can easily be lost or mis-interpreted. However, on the flip-side, as an artist you are able to show exactly what is in your head with the problem that, as you mentioned, people not being to translate the image / comics initial purpose. I guess this means we both have obstacles to overcome in order to grab, and retain, the attention of our audience.
For yet another "flip" element, I must share how a lot of my inspiration for writing doesn't come from reading at all. I'm actually, to fault, a very visual person. Back in the day, I used to read quite a bit. However, doing so always meant I had to have a book in my face (literally).
So, this brings me to share how my story-telling is inspired by television, video games, and stories that I've managed to get people to verbally share with me over the years. It's all of this, along with personal experiences and some book reading, that formulated my writing style.
Going further, and perhaps of more interest, is how "Hamtaro" actually helped play a large part in encouraging me to continue the works that lead up to the piece I submitted for consideration. This is because Hamtaro, unlike other popular shows at the time, focussed less on violent interactions and more on thoughtful and creative situations. Seeing that a concept like it, along with Pocket Dragon Adventures, could work, I knew my work had a fighting chance, too. :)
So, YAY FOR HAMTARO!
For yet another "flip" element, I must share how a lot of my inspiration for writing doesn't come from reading at all. I'm actually, to fault, a very visual person. Back in the day, I used to read quite a bit. However, doing so always meant I had to have a book in my face (literally).
So, this brings me to share how my story-telling is inspired by television, video games, and stories that I've managed to get people to verbally share with me over the years. It's all of this, along with personal experiences and some book reading, that formulated my writing style.
Going further, and perhaps of more interest, is how "Hamtaro" actually helped play a large part in encouraging me to continue the works that lead up to the piece I submitted for consideration. This is because Hamtaro, unlike other popular shows at the time, focussed less on violent interactions and more on thoughtful and creative situations. Seeing that a concept like it, along with Pocket Dragon Adventures, could work, I knew my work had a fighting chance, too. :)
So, YAY FOR HAMTARO!
Everyone’s got an obstacle! :3 And I think it’s neat how it wasn’t just other stories that inspired you to write either – though, it was a yoshi artist that inspired me to start really drawing yoshies, with other things to follow, I was also inspired by TV and videogames a lot too. Some of my favorite things from .hack were in the novels they wrote too! At least, ideas from that were part of what made it to that collage I just finished. :3 I think video games and TV really do a good job of using both word and visuals to present something both of us can easily follow! (:
HURRAY HAMTARO! That’s part of what made it stand out so much for me too! I used to say I loved how there wasn’t any conflict, but that’s not true – there was still a story and a problem… but everyone stayed civilized. There were still worries, but it was still a happy story in an everyday world (as far as worlds with talking hamsters go), and that’s what made it such a soothing, happy memory for me too. It was totally worth waking up early, just to have a positive, peaceful start for my day. :3
I'm sure you can work your stories the same way! You don't have to be violent and action-packed to have an interesting story... even .hack managed to hook me even though the few fighting scenes weren't so animated or well done... for some readers/viewers, it's the ideas going on that count, not the intense action. (:
HURRAY HAMTARO! That’s part of what made it stand out so much for me too! I used to say I loved how there wasn’t any conflict, but that’s not true – there was still a story and a problem… but everyone stayed civilized. There were still worries, but it was still a happy story in an everyday world (as far as worlds with talking hamsters go), and that’s what made it such a soothing, happy memory for me too. It was totally worth waking up early, just to have a positive, peaceful start for my day. :3
I'm sure you can work your stories the same way! You don't have to be violent and action-packed to have an interesting story... even .hack managed to hook me even though the few fighting scenes weren't so animated or well done... for some readers/viewers, it's the ideas going on that count, not the intense action. (:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMmsuUM5RcY -- Especially this one. ;~~~~~;
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