tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26861837.post5000402383821894775..comments2023-10-15T03:25:09.233-04:00Comments on Jason Pinter's 'The Man in Black': Jason Pinterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453031566914553124noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26861837.post-5132443046310363402006-11-17T19:03:00.000-05:002006-11-17T19:03:00.000-05:00I agree with Brett--I don't think I could "speak" ...I agree with Brett--I don't think I could "speak" an entire book, either. (For the record, I'm a struggling unpublished writer, just so you all don't think I have any real authority on writing books.) But I always recite my dialogue after I've written it. For me (especially in the beginning of the book) reciting the dialogue shows me that I've either found distinctive voices for my characters, or they all sound exactly the same. Most of the time it's the latter, so reciting my dialogue is my first step towards editing it.<br /><br />Also, like Sarah, I "hear" what I'm writing in my mind (my internal dialogue, I suppose) and I type very quickly. (My parents made me enroll in a Keyboarding course when I was in high school and I thought it was the dumbest elective ever. Of course, now I'm thrilled that they did because I don't think I'd have gotten so much written if I had to hunt-and-peck or hand write everything.)<br /><br />Mostly, I think VRS will be most useful to writers who have trouble physically writing (A. Manette Ansay comes to mind, for only one example out of many, I'm sure). Once my arthritis (I was diagnosed with it when I was 12, and I'm only 25 now) gets to the point where writing is no longer feasible, I'll probably thank my lucky stars for VRS.Katie.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05107937104790782875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26861837.post-57460593719843571232006-11-17T16:23:00.000-05:002006-11-17T16:23:00.000-05:00If there's a running theme in Powers' novels (gran...If there's a running theme in Powers' novels (granted, I've only read two, but I have it on pretty good authority) it's the nature of connection, and how disparate topics interact with each other. So even though I'm not sure I could use DragonNaturallySpeaking or other voice recognition software, I can understand why - because speaking is a more direct way to engage the brain than is thinking, then typing, then transcribing. It's almost like a middleman gets cut out. Me, I "hear" what I'm writing, and I type pretty fast, so it may not be a direct channel between brain and screen but it's pretty close. Same thing with dialogue - if I can't "hear" it properly, or the voices aren't distinct, I know it's not working.Sarah Weinmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661619408480044050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26861837.post-27955772122317623072006-11-17T14:41:00.000-05:002006-11-17T14:41:00.000-05:00I always speak my dialogue (somewhat embarassing i...I always speak my dialogue (somewhat embarassing in a coffee shop), and I often recite the non-dialogue sections, too. Hearing it in that way, I've found dozens of mistakes, that once corrected, make the prose so much smoother. <br /><br />But I gotta write it first. Don't know if I could "speak" a book.Brett Battleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786471378650235415noreply@blogger.com