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The Silver-shod Muse · 06-15-2002, 05:08 PM

Maybe this has something to do with your learning orientation? You know how the powers that be say some people learn faster visually, others numerically, and a few by words. I can remember just about anything so long as I read it or hear it spoken in words.

What I often find myself doing is having a conversation with my character or listening to a conversation my character is having. It can become very interesting and believable, and occasionally I do a bit of role-playing, that is, pretending to be my character so that I can reasonably predict what she/he should or should not do next.
If you're good at narrating things, but not so much at picturing, maybe this will help with the dialogue.

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06-15-2002, 05:08 PM	#11
The Silver-shod Muse Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The shoulder of a poet, TX Posts: 388	Maybe this has something to do with your learning orientation? You know how the powers that be say some people learn faster visually, others numerically, and a few by words. I can remember just about anything so long as I read it or hear it spoken in words. What I often find myself doing is having a conversation with my character or listening to a conversation my character is having. It can become very interesting and believable, and occasionally I do a bit of role-playing, that is, pretending to be my character so that I can reasonably predict what she/he should or should not do next. If you're good at narrating things, but not so much at picturing, maybe this will help with the dialogue. [ June 15, 2002: Message edited by: The Silver-shod Muse ] __________________ "'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis