I don't think it's weird. It took about a half hour, but grammar isn't as rigid here, so I had the relief to start sentences with capital "And"s. That made it go quick. I find that when I'm invested in my typing and free to ignore the teacher's grammar rules, I tend to ignore time. I'm more bothered by spelling, but appreciate a full read.
I'm a wannabe writer and I've always done these things, almost without thinking. I like to look at strangers and guess what their lives, families, and personalities might be like based on their appearance, posture, overheard conversations, or little quirks that I notice about them. It's like a writing practice I engage in to keep my mind active. Sometimes I narrate my own actions, coming up with phrases and decriptions, and carry a small notebook to write down interesting words and ideas. It's fun- and I like to think it's good practice for bringing my characters to life.
Get a notebook! A really small pocket one, it doesn't have to be pricey. Like a dollar composition book. Carry it with you. Step one to writing. (Or it can be just a fun hobby to write quotes you hear throughout the day.) When you write it, you're less likely to forget it and have it on call next time you need it.
@@Amaanali.07 Everyone has social and antisocial traits. Saying introverts are antisocial by definition only implies that you're saying all introverts have more antisocial than social traits, which is ridiculous and not true. There's a lot of information about this online if you're interested. Besides that, everyone on the spectrum of introversion / extraversion can be interested in reading and/or writing stories.
It's like a movie, a series but most of the time it's a part of our life. You can say the characters visit you when you have ideas. You can see them without closing your eyes. It's a wonderful feeling 🥰 . **If they visit you, Go on explain what they are doing. Well that's how I write**
It was suppose to say "asocial", not "antisocial". Antisocial is behavior harmful to society like violence/delinquency/crime. Asocial means behavior opposite from socially conventional.
All of these tips are fantastic! I love catching bits and pieces of conversation when I'm out an about - it's absolutely the best way to pick up speech rhythms or ask yourself a 'what if...?' that might just turn into a story.
"Really, all it takes is a bit of salt of sugar. I mean, if it is what it is, and what I think it is, then it must be that, no? To be really concise, it's just that, and no more and less. Is there no other time to do so" "Ahem, we really should be going now, the bus is lat-" "Do you have to keep interrupting me every single time I take a pause? Now as I was saying: ... ... ..." There are exceptions to every rule to every exception to every rule.
Haruki Murakami's dialogues also tend to go for a full page sometimes. This is one piece of advice I don't really consider because it depends on the character. Some people do speak at length, introverts especially do that when accompanied by someone they like talking with on a topic they're heavily knowledgeable about and hungry to share. I'm usually a mute but when a topic I'm acquainted with and interested in comes to surface, I can speak for a *long* time, as long as the other person is listening. So dialogue is subjective in terms of length imo. But if what they mean by short bursts is things like intercepts that show the other person's reaction like, "He nodded" or "She adjusted herself in her seat," then I would agree. Reading a full page of a one-sided dialogue gets boring. These keep the engagement and the picture alive in the reader's imagination.
I'd just like to point out that the term "anti-social" used in this [video's] context is inappropriate psychological-wise. Rather than "anti-social" the correct term should be "Asocial" (absence if socialising tendencies and habits). I know this comment sounds "know-it-all" and i admit that i don't know everything. but as a psychology student, hearing psych terms used inappropriately is in a way... It just feels wrong man. Tl;dr... Use the term "Asocial" rather than "anti-social", because the latter's real definition is a note too violent and chaotic, if you know my meaning (see: Joker from the Batman). Good day. Very interesting and informative video nonetheless!
Yes! Once I did a quick google search of what anti social and asocial actually mean it’s been bothering me to see how often antisocial is used when that’s not what’s meant.
It's not that I like to eavesdrop... It's just that everyone talks so loud I can hear their conversation. The reason why I'm always quiet and don't participate in conversations is because I'm always observing what's happening around me. I see the world as a stage and people as fictional characters who have their own personalities, uniqueness, and charm. It's like watching a movie or play. Everything plays on its own while there's a voice in my head that narrates everything that's going on. I don't see myself in the stage. I don't have a role to play. I am simply just a quiet observer or an audience. So when someone approaches and talks to me, I snap out of it and come back to reality.
+hossein sadeghi Maybe you are just lazy I am not trying to offend you, but we can be sometimes lazy that when we get a great idea we don't write it right away, and that can stand in our way of becoming real writers.
What a load of shite. You don't need to write with a pen to be a writer, I usually write ideas down in my phone if one strikes me. I did my entire creative writing degree on computers and still write entirely via typing. Its a lot easier to redraft and change details without making a messy scrawl.
One of the best TED animated videos in a while! Mainly because I'm interested in the subject but it was also very well presented with very few pauses for the animation to do it's thing or fluff to build up a reason for having animation in the first place. Can we have more "How to write fiction" stuff? I like it!
I just looked back at this video for the first time in a few years -- glad to see people are posting on here, and that some of you found it helpful. Thanks!
Thank you so so much. I'm currently trying to write a story I am really excited about but I have a total of 3 pages and I am already on a writer's block
I haven't written on the story for quite a while simply because I can't go further with it. I'm keeping it that way and I'm trying to not think about it for a while as that mostly helps me
+Nadine M The trick is to just make yourself write the first draft. Try to write a little every day, but also try to enjoy it, and keep your excitement. It can be taxing, and some days you'll feel like shit, but eventually you'll have a completed story which you can then add detail to, or remove the bad writing. Sometimes when I'm stuck on the first draft I literally write things like: "And then John hit Bradley and took his gun and subdued him somehow. Then he unloaded it and threw it away and said a really cool hero's line". I know it's terrible writing, but it doesn't matter. It gets me through the difficult parts and takes the pressure off. After that I normally end up writing even better on the next part, like I've just climbed a steep hill and am now rolling down the other side. Have you plotted your story out? I don't tend to do this but if you know your story chapter by chapter before you start writing, then you're free to pick and choose which bit you want to write first. If you don't have a plot but have an idea what's going to happen in the future then pluck the future from your mind and get that on paper. You might then find it easier to fill in the gaps as you can see how your characters got from point A to B. There are also plenty of creative exercises to practise before you start writing so you can warm up and get straight into the zone. I hope this helps :)
I can relate... I'm on the eighth page on my own novel and I'm trying to get over a bout of severe writer's block, haha. I'm excited though, and I think I'll get at least a page down today. Good luck! :)
So my social anxiety is actually turning me into a fiction writer.... This is definitely not a phantom limb of confidence, and will be a totally revelational success. 👏
the best video ever. i told my family that I wanna be a writer but my dad and grandma didn't allow me, this video inspired me a lot. thanks you so much.
Yep. That's the way! I am more of a quiet person wherever I am (even my mom refers to me as the neighbor living in the next room) Usually, I am the only person I can talk to especially in college; as a writer, my characters are actually kinda my greatest friends. I plot their events and discuss their opinions while I am working. It kinda helps me in understanding them more, and it always feels well talking to them when no one is available :)
I'm dreaming of one day writing a book that's inside my head. This vid helped a lot on how to actually think about the characters and start playing around with them. Thanks!
I do all these things already! And it's helped a lot! Hey the author at my school even approved my work! And I do love story writing! Might be an author one day (hopefully)..
I once had a story about a group of triplets raised like royalty. They had private tutors and constantly spoke formally, to each other and other people. I hadn't even noticed that they never spoke informally until someone else pointed it out to me. And at this time the triplets were teenagers, so their formal language baffled some people lol.
When I was younger I spoke ancient Arabic while my African family spoke Sudanese arabic , for some reason I sometimes say ancient words to this day in arabic...I sound poetic at time
This is so funny and great. I've done some of this in the past while working on things. Tip works really well if you just let it happen. When they say characters write themselves it really is true.
Inspiring 👍🏼 Knowing your characters depends on so many lifetime experiences in different places, with different nationalities, associated with some (socio-psycho) studies.
Are you sure? Stalking goes as far as peeping through the person's window while they sleep. Listening to people's conversations isn't uncommon, actually (I do it all the time as an ambivert)
what do you mean start to hear voices in my head I hear voices in my head all the time and one of them says do believe her but there also one that says the moon is cheese I believe it but I don't trust frank i never trust Frank
This is important because when you are studying a new lenguage, you like to think in many things when you are talking to someone but some cases, we don’t know what say and you need to have creativity. Writing and speaking are together. Good Video!
i dont mutter to my self i write masterpieces. My brother thinks I am crazy, but I am actually just pretending to be my characters for a upcoming book. If you dont try it out, you can't see if it sounds natural. XD
A even better way is to get friends together to read aloud the dialogue, change it to sound more natural, make the descriptions more detailed, add script timings, and ****it just write a screenplay.
1- eavesdrop (for inspiration) 2- pretend imaginary people are real (think about their looks, caracters& actions) 3- mutter to yourself and write it down (use simple language, keep it short& let the dialogue do the work)
This video is... ee OK; but really - being anti-social can help a lot. That's the only way you'll notice the craziness of this world. Otherwise everything is normal for you. A good example is one of my favorite songs - "Behind Blue Eyes" by Pete Townshend. The average automaton wouldn't ever write a masterpiece like this.
I've been to Facebook pages wherein people suffering from heartbreak would comment and tell there experience and speak their heart out, It was 7 years ago from now, And then I started writing stories poem dialogue whatever best suited to me at that instance, And TBH Listening to people and their pain makes you a whole different level of writer, atleast for you if not for the world lol, and It also nourishes you as a person :)
I already use most of these on a regular basis. When I am considering a plot, I will act every part and try it out about 5 times before I reach the point where I start writing. As I near the end of this process (rev. 3 or so) I will find myself inadvertently narrating the story and providing descriptions of events and such. Edit: Perhaps I am strange, I have been told as much quite frequently, but I have found that my imagination is strong enough to allow me to 'see' in stories. For instance, I will be acting my story's plot when I reach a pivitol moment and I will stop and get my expression as correct as I can. It's almost as if I were looking in a special mirror that somehow took me and what I did and projected my expression, thoughts, and actions into the world of the story as the character I have invisioned.
Maybe to people native to Canada, it sounds like aboot. You can't hear it because you live there. If you lived in Texas for a year and came back, you might hear the "aboot."
rosestar1324 No, we do not have an accent or say aboot, in fact you could not tell my voice apart from most Americans. You want to know how? We watch american television. You know nothing if you believe Canadians say "aboot". We say ow as in couch, snout, pout, shout. Not oo as in shoe or sue or do.
Corbin Bishop I have heard Canadians say aboot. And everyone has an accent because an accent is the way someone sounds when they talk. Anyone who says otherwise must not be properly educated.
I gave her a ring, I gave her my life. turns out all she wanted was my money. I hear it all the time. The little voices remind me of it all the time (no we don't) yes you do!
As a bit of a writer myself, your advice is useful. Replace Anti-social with asocial and you're good to go. Also, vegetarian burgers exist. Take a trip to India and you'll see.
Beautiful work. I'm so glad that someone else realized that this is actually work for art in progress. I just wish the voices would give me the whole story at once instead of guessing who the bad guys are or how it ends. You want your story told but how am I supposed to do that without the facts?
I actually kinda started by basing characters on people I know or have met in real life, then evolve them from there. It helps me pin down traits and how they'd talk and react to things.
Well I do talk to my imaginary friends a lot, guess it makes easier to turn to writing from here :) only I shudder to think what my imaginary friends would say when they find out I've been eavesdropping on their private conversations... They might abandon me as a friend and tell everybody that I'm a sticky beak... The horror!
Yeah, I thought I was crazy for imagining characters on the train. I once imagined Holden with his people hunting hat calling me a phony when I went to watch a movie.
Do not start with this. I finished the Story, and since then the Protagonoist is sitting in the back of my Head, playing Tetris and making bad Puns all the time.....
One thing worth noticing is the subtle and almost unnoticeable passage from _character_ to the video's end "pretend _imaginary people_ are real". There is a distance between a real person, an imaginary person and a character, that's why they have different names, because, even if overlapping, they are still different.