tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post7736196985526849794..comments2023-10-30T15:13:22.680+00:00Comments on Strictly Writing: I Wanna Tell You A Story…..DThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-63335041524470418762009-06-03T20:40:58.343+01:002009-06-03T20:40:58.343+01:00LOL your final paragraph. A fscinating post, thank...LOL your final paragraph. A fscinating post, thanks F.<br />Kids' audio books have saved our sanity on the regular long treks North to visit relatives.<br />I love being told a story. We used to listen to audio books when touring with theatre companies. I remember one cliffhanger in A Town Like Alice which had us all rapt in the minibus, completely forgetting we'd arrived at the venue for half an hour until the tape ran out. Can't imagine loving that book so much on the printed page. Books hook us but the voice of the teller can hypnotise with the right story.<br /><br />I'm fascinated by your point about dialogue and the audio book. I've always thought dialogue is ideal for reading aloud but know the BBC ask for very little of it in the stories they choose. <br /><br />Thanks for a great post.Susannah Rickardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533371458667245083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-91505008054752091962009-06-03T00:04:32.464+01:002009-06-03T00:04:32.464+01:00"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the abil..."The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same and still retain the ability to function...One should, for example, see that things are hopeless yet be determined to make them otherwise." ---F. Scott Fitzgeraldjoesanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059764401525854093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-45541802746286519642009-06-02T22:05:30.316+01:002009-06-02T22:05:30.316+01:00I really liked this post and its ideas. I used to ...I really liked this post and its ideas. I used to listen to lots of audio books when driving...but it's quite 'other' to reading a book, and so dependent on the 'voice' of the reader. When you hold a book and read in your mind, the voice of the 'writer', as opposed to the reader is vital - it's so much more concentrated and intimate.<br /><br />I loved that opening para, Fi - a great theme with which to start a novel!Sarah Foxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-79856207490589875952009-06-02T18:17:42.033+01:002009-06-02T18:17:42.033+01:00Me neither! I always end up wondering what we're ...Me neither! I always end up wondering what we're having for dinner, Om!Geraldine Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575892095296317266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-69912282757488169392009-06-02T17:57:28.368+01:002009-06-02T17:57:28.368+01:00That's one of the problems I have too Geri....find...That's one of the problems I have too Geri....finding the concentration level needed to listen to a whole book. I guess like Emma says if you're in a car or somewhere where you have to concentrate anyway. Otherwise, personally, I tend to let my mind wander off, look out the wondow at the pretty flowers etc etc. See, this is why I've never been able to meditate either!Fionnualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12275984316414726884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-6101522267715997252009-06-02T17:18:37.802+01:002009-06-02T17:18:37.802+01:00I find listening to books as opposed to reading th...I find listening to books as opposed to reading them very difficult. My mind wonders and I find I've missed loads. Fifteen minutes is about as much as I can take, which must be average as it's the amount of time that the BBC allocates to Book at Bedtime etc.Geraldine Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575892095296317266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-79629395077014487242009-06-02T16:02:10.423+01:002009-06-02T16:02:10.423+01:00Interesting point Emma. Although I always read my ...Interesting point Emma. Although I always read my work aloud, I still find this a different experience to an unknown narrator's voice? Maybe it's because as the writer, I'm making it sound like I know it should. Does that make any sense?! <br />Lets face it, if I ever make it to the Land Of Published Authors, I'll cope with a narrator, whoever they may be! The thought of those readings though - shiver....Fionnualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12275984316414726884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-74369001395984909112009-06-02T14:47:45.708+01:002009-06-02T14:47:45.708+01:00I think audio books are wonderful, particularly fo...I think audio books are wonderful, particularly for a book which you'd like to absorb, but probably wouldn't sit down to. My children used to be able to listen to a book several levels harder than they'd have tackled in print. Wonderful for long car journeys, bus rides, and so on. Though I don't think audio rights are a huge part of the earnings of any book, so it would probably be a mistake to sacrifice lots of other qualities in the cause of audio-friendliness.<br /><br />But it's worth thinking about for another reason. One of the things you don't realise until you're published is that the chief way you'll experience your own work, once it's out there, is read-aloud, by you. Which is yet another reason for reading your work aloud when you're writing it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-43095134927137633132009-06-02T12:18:51.690+01:002009-06-02T12:18:51.690+01:00I loved audio books as a child - I had one of thos...I loved audio books as a child - I had one of those massive early Walkmans with the foam headphones and every night I'd fall asleep listening to...Last of the Mohicans, A Tale of Two Cities, and my favourite was I, Claudius. It meant I could keep enjoying books even after lights out.<br /><br />Thanks for reminding me, Fionnuala. Interesting post.E.G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04739450222683170149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-59414044757358991382009-06-02T11:20:17.372+01:002009-06-02T11:20:17.372+01:00I listen to audio books sometimes. Good adaptation...I listen to audio books sometimes. Good adaptations deal very well with dialogue - don't worry! I'm sure your book will be as brilliant to listen to as it is to read. :)Luisa Plajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543215719907066195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-27305473663995639502009-06-02T10:42:37.459+01:002009-06-02T10:42:37.459+01:00'I want to hold a book, to feel it, smell it’s sce...'I want to hold a book, to feel it, smell it’s scent, put a bend in the spine'<br /><br />I absolutely feel the same way. Much as I'm attracted by the lure of cute gadgets [you'd have to wrestle my iPod away with violence!] there is something about the physicality of a real book that will always win with me. Interesting post, Fionnuala.Caroline Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04708248040141519582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-69434648087157519182009-06-02T09:28:38.809+01:002009-06-02T09:28:38.809+01:00Storytelling is still alive and well in more rural...Storytelling is still alive and well in more rural parts of Ireland, both north and south. Interesting points, Fionnuala!Gillian McDadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758782108258244355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-19918548992090651802009-06-02T09:07:53.323+01:002009-06-02T09:07:53.323+01:00Interesting post, Fionnuala - i hadn't really thou...Interesting post, Fionnuala - i hadn't really thought about audio books and my story being read. The only time i've imagined my book out loud is fantasizing about me doing a reading at my book launch - i know, i'm very sad!<br /><br />Mine is written from the first person POV, which might lend itself to the audio medium very well. Although creating an Ancient Egyptian accent might be hard work for the narrator!<br /><br />Good post!Administratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13894920115299109640noreply@blogger.com