@woolleybeans
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I find it interesting how different people absorb PD in different ways.
I feel two aspects, at least, were being discussed on the Self-Edit course.
The actual physical distance of the description, which would correlate more to the wide or medium or close shot, seemed to be part of it. It certainly turned up in examples. It did not, however, seem to me to be the defining factor of PD, or at least not the bit which struck me as a new aspect to consider.
For me, that aspect was/is the level to which the POV character’s thoughts, feelings etc influence/become part of the writing style itself.
As for how that correlates to film/TV…
The saturation of colours? Whether the shot angles up through something? The somewhat cliché blurry/wobbly scene?
If nothing else, I think it’s useful to remind ourselves they are different medium, because it can be easy to fall into imagining a prose piece should deliver a series of scenes in the way a standard TV show or film does, whereas actually each medium has a lot of stuff it can play with that doesn’t fall into that.
I have yet to work out how soundtracks can be in a novel, for instance, unless you put together a playlist. Which, in fanfic, people do sometimes. I have seen it, though rarely: a list of links of which songs to listen to as you read. Can’t say I’ve ever clicked those links, but still.
And in prose, to have the level of detail – including a lot going on in the background – may have something of a different impact than the scenes you describe in the film, Daeds. Easier to slip some things in mostly unnoticed when a whole background can be seen in a glance, I expect.
I very much doubt it would have the same impact should someone try to describe every single detail of a scene in a novel.
I have no coherent thought, here. But then, that’s pretty normal these days.
I guess…yeah, I think the limitations/opportunities of each medium do affect what is created. I do think there are correlations, but don’t think there is a complete one-for-one correlation across the board. I don’t think we need there to be that one-for-one correlation.
I am now wondering how ‘advances in technology’ could be said to have altered prose fiction. People could write down something has a colour without having to wait for colour printers, after all.
I feel hypocritical even writing a response, because I have drifted off so much and for so long, and managed to fail to submit an entry for three years of the challenge, but I would also be sad to see the Den go.
For me, it’s partly habit. If I don’t have a reason to log on, it is all too easy to just…stop doing it. And once a tab is shut, my brain considers it to be a site that no longer exists.
I can’t comment on the changes, as I have not checked them out, so I shall do so now and see if any thoughts occur.
When I see post from people talking about some version of UWS or whatever the letters were, it seems to have a lot to do with being arty with words but without really knowing what they want to say. And not just for the joy of playing in the wordbox, which I think most writers have done at some point or another (gods, but teen-me loved fancy words, and the more the better), but more because of a sense that THIS IS HOW IT IS DONE BY REAL WRITERS WHO WRITE FOR REAL! (But in an arty font which is possibly wearing a scarf.)
I believe learning the craft of writing is important, and so is playing around with your own use of that craft, building up enough words on paper that you get a sense of what works for you, and knowing what you want to say with it. So…both what Harry is saying and what he is saying not to do, because there is a marked difference between being original with a mastery of the craft and its options, and doing things in a non-standard way more or less by accident.
Lincoln covers most of the things on the list, I think, plus students and being hilly.
What are the family like?
Go to ‘Groups’
Go to ‘A Room with a View’
Go to ‘Forum’
The different topics are all in the ‘A Room with a View’ group forum. You will find ‘Chit Chat’ and explanations of what the competition is there.
Fall y’all!
I can say it. And wave my accent appropriate hat in the air, and drink a shot of whisky. (I am really doing that last one)
This place is, itself, something grown from the Cloud, or at least out of the connections and frienships and support that developed.
It has been an integral part of life, and has felt so tied up with York, and I almost can’t believe the FoW is happening this weekend and we are not meeting up there.
Let’s go denofwriters, then.
If anyone wants to share my post, it’s out there to be shared. Please add the hashtag. I am off for a dog walk on the beach.
Have shared the FB post to my twitter, but with zero hashtags, because. If a hashtag is decided upon, I’ll try remember how to get on twitter properly and add the hashtag.
I’ve put a post on FB.
I am not great with twitter, but is there a reason we can go with the hashtag denofwriters? Is it already out there it the twitterverse?
Once again working up to redrafting the same novel I keep coming back to.
He had stuff on his paws that really had to go, and I am used to dogs, and my dogs get washed if I say they do, so I just…picked him up to rinse him.
Hopefully. He spends most of his time looking like Father Dougal got incarnated in the body of a kitten, like every single thing in the universe is blowing his tiny kitten mind, so perhaps he’ll get distracted and forget I washed his paws under the tap.
Been getting any writing done, there, Mad?
At the moment, I’m wondering how long it is cats can hold grudges for, because my kitten is cross with me.
Ah, lovely wine.