tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post4224427263563153003..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: Writer Super Power #1: HearingStephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-69392594392691665832016-02-01T10:44:52.792-06:002016-02-01T10:44:52.792-06:00Fun post, Shan. Loved it.
Fun post, Shan. Loved it.<br />Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-32466773673579510932016-01-31T11:47:47.434-06:002016-01-31T11:47:47.434-06:00I feel for you :).I feel for you :).starlightjason2https://www.blogger.com/profile/11371184169630869288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-10003563517375707752016-01-31T11:06:21.208-06:002016-01-31T11:06:21.208-06:00Ew chewing. Yes. And the brushing of teeth. Gag.Ew chewing. Yes. And the brushing of teeth. Gag.Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-78448565762706339702016-01-31T11:05:53.405-06:002016-01-31T11:05:53.405-06:00Oh, yes! Forks are nearly as bad as chalk. I wonde...Oh, yes! Forks are nearly as bad as chalk. I wonder if you can work that into a story somehow???Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-53136484547858188312016-01-30T20:25:02.385-06:002016-01-30T20:25:02.385-06:00I love listening to music while writing. My favori...I love listening to music while writing. My favorite noise is probably the noise the wind makes. My least favorite sound is probably chewing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820137664285521182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-18248455722264428982016-01-30T18:13:25.718-06:002016-01-30T18:13:25.718-06:00I've always loved the sound of a piano, whethe...I've always loved the sound of a piano, whether I'm playing it or not (in consequence, I usually listen to Beethoven when I write). But--I absolutely hate the sound of the tines of a metal fork being scraped across a ceramic plate or bowl--really picks on my poor eardrums.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-46385969616446173682016-01-30T18:10:44.556-06:002016-01-30T18:10:44.556-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12611309950759878612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-4127376007171156282016-01-30T15:02:11.062-06:002016-01-30T15:02:11.062-06:00Oh yes. Ick. Nails on most anything is a freaky so...Oh yes. Ick. Nails on most anything is a freaky sound. I LOVE the sound of rain. Out here in California, El Nino has made sure we're hearing a lot of it this weekend.Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-9261995949083879782016-01-30T15:01:12.866-06:002016-01-30T15:01:12.866-06:00Oh friend! We have so much in common and yet . . ....Oh friend! We have so much in common and yet . . . I am an unabashed dog-earer. Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-43819810447548578002016-01-30T15:00:30.988-06:002016-01-30T15:00:30.988-06:00Yes! Right! I think we forget how powerful sound i...Yes! Right! I think we forget how powerful sound is in our own lives. Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-3173227113978246472016-01-30T15:00:05.759-06:002016-01-30T15:00:05.759-06:00Oooo. Interesting. Yes, keyboard sounds are lovely...Oooo. Interesting. Yes, keyboard sounds are lovely. It's like saying, "Take this, monster of fear and self-doubt!"Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-18563448473470170062016-01-30T14:59:26.675-06:002016-01-30T14:59:26.675-06:00Hm. Good question. I wonder if we have any deaf wr...Hm. Good question. I wonder if we have any deaf writers that could weigh in. And you are so not alone. Sometimes I need silence. Sometimes I would pay BIG MONEY for silence, but loud works for me often enough.Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-23416484498924093122016-01-30T14:58:20.152-06:002016-01-30T14:58:20.152-06:00Soft noises are often overlooked! Good call. I lis...Soft noises are often overlooked! Good call. I listen to the James Horner Pandora station. It plays all sorts of noisy movie soundtracks. And Pandora's free, so, you know, for cheapskates like me, it's perfect.Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-54464722128072888332016-01-30T14:57:00.963-06:002016-01-30T14:57:00.963-06:00THE OCEAN is my favorite everything. Sound, sight,...THE OCEAN is my favorite everything. Sound, sight, smell, touch. Not taste, though. Hmmmm. Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-15825632554256347822016-01-30T14:56:05.004-06:002016-01-30T14:56:05.004-06:00It is tricky, isn't it? Especially hard to do ...It is tricky, isn't it? Especially hard to do without using those telling words like hear and sound. Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-58487980141149150112016-01-30T13:08:56.571-06:002016-01-30T13:08:56.571-06:00Excellent post! I've never heard or read anyth...Excellent post! I've never heard or read anything of the type. My favorite sound would have to be the clack of typing on a keyboard, soft music playing the the background, and the little sounds that come with silence. Breathing, the incessant ticking of a clock, crickets chirping. But something that tops all of that would have to the the pitter-patter of rain. I don't know why, but I find it absolutely lovely.<br /><br />By least favorite sound would have to be nails scratching on a blackboard. It makes me feel like tearing my hair out :).starlightjason2https://www.blogger.com/profile/11371184169630869288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-88937934689929159042016-01-30T10:49:08.739-06:002016-01-30T10:49:08.739-06:00This is a great post Mrs. Dittemore! I love the so...This is a great post Mrs. Dittemore! I love the sound of rushing water, strong wind, cicadas chirping, reeds rustling, waves crashing on the shore, rumbling thunder, and I could go on :). I tend to like nature sounds.<br /><br />Sounds I don't like? Hmm ... well, one of them is (same as Rosie) someone carelessly thumbing through a book. I can't stand it when someone dog-ears the pages of my books, and I don't know why :). Savannah Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668452024211579085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-52270014221741438052016-01-30T07:47:20.725-06:002016-01-30T07:47:20.725-06:00I'd like to echo (apologies!) what Rosie said ...I'd like to echo (apologies!) what Rosie said –– this is really wonderful. In particular, it helped for me to recognise that what I hear, what my character hears, and what the reader hears, are 3 different things, informed by different histories, memories, cultural and family experiences, etc. <br /><br />Really thought provoking and expansive. Thank you!Adrian Tannockhttp://writezu.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-18042337296368755822016-01-29T20:45:20.634-06:002016-01-29T20:45:20.634-06:00I think my favorite sound is a horn-call. It resou...I think my favorite sound is a horn-call. It resounds everywhere and makes me feel strong, somehow. Besides that I also really enjoy the sound of my fingers going quickly over a keyboard, because it reminds me that I'm actually getting something done.msphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292672282381268409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-83208050848835059612016-01-29T16:07:37.386-06:002016-01-29T16:07:37.386-06:00I was actually wondering how to write newly-deaf c...I was actually wondering how to write newly-deaf characters and then this post comes up. And suggestions? Also, I thought I was the only one who listened to epic music. Now I know I'm not alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-41954344223741798282016-01-29T12:39:19.868-06:002016-01-29T12:39:19.868-06:00This is such a wonderful idea! I love crunchy, cra...This is such a wonderful idea! I love crunchy, crackly, snappy sounds like fires and leaves. I also like gentle noises--opening books, the sound of fabric. Those to me can be easily overlooked, but they are such a huge part of ambience it seems like a shame to forget them.<br /><br />I've never listened to music while I write, now that I think about it. Sometimes when I'm editing. Do you have soundtracks you visit again and again?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07274929031054555066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-3771412080582606612016-01-29T10:07:41.569-06:002016-01-29T10:07:41.569-06:00My favorite sound is a crackling fire, especially ...My favorite sound is a crackling fire, especially when it's cold outside. I also love the sound of the ocean crashing against the shore--for real, though, not a recording or something, which means I don't get to hear it all that often. :(<br />My most hated sounds are chalk against a chalkboard (weird, I know) and anything against Styrofoam.Lily Spinnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-69294527615223694892016-01-29T08:42:03.438-06:002016-01-29T08:42:03.438-06:00Wow, this was wonderful! I really loved it. Convey...Wow, this was wonderful! I really loved it. Conveying what one of my characters hears is both easy and hard for me. (Weird, I know :P) It's easy when I'm talking about a sound: laughter, birds chirping, plates slamming onto the table, the door opening. But I struggle when trying to make the reader "hear" what the character hears when sensing a change in the tone of a voice: as when the voice hardens, softens, raises, lowers, etc. But I'm working on it :)<br /><br />My favorite sound? Hmmm. I think my favorite sounds come at night, when the house is dark: hearing the little rustle of blankets, the whir of the heater, the whine of cicadas and june bugs (in summer), the scratch of my pen in my notebook as I write with a flashlight. Those sounds are the best :)<br /><br />And sounds that I hate? Voices raised in anger/dissension, the little insistent noises of someone fidgeting, and someone thumbing carelessly through a book, even tearing it.<br /><br />Oh, and I wanted to say: I listen to music as I write, too! I have specific playlists for different stories :) Only, I listen to music WITH words - and I don't know why that doesn't bother/distract me - but it doesn't.Rosie McCannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756806467175885197noreply@blogger.com