21 Dec 09 Why Watching Movie is Important For a Writer

Where I come from, a kid is not allowed to watch much of the television, at least not in my time. Kids have to sneak in their home’s living room when no one is around. This was done to save the young from damaging effect of television soaps. I do not think stopping a kid from watching television or movie is completely wise as it may stifle the imagination.

As a writer (freelance, web or otherwise), are you doing it to yourself?

Are you stopping yourself from consuming those lovely shows and soaps that you always liked?
If you are doing this then it is a big mistake, a huge one. You need to stop at once and start indulging in movies, soaps, and plays.

Why?

A movie is a fertile ground for a writer to learn trick of the trade. It teaches you many things including:

Character sketching
Emotional responses
Dialogue writing
Scene creation
Story telling

And along with these story mechanics, a good movie also tells you:

How to engage an audience?
How to make them wanting for more?
What words to use to strike chord with the audience?
What style of narrative to use for the problem at hand?

A movie also tells you about your market and about what words to use, what kind of sentences to construct, and how long or short sentences and paragraphs should be. One also learns the art of creating favorable ambience to get the emotional response sought by the article.

It is very important for you as a student of writing to watch movie and learn from it. Be a keen observer, and do not just consume a movie, observe it. In order to learn something from the movie, you have to dissect the various scene and emotional responses that led to the dramatic ending the movie had. You can then use it to create the experience you want in your audience.

Tags: Ambience, Audience, Big Mistake, Creation Story, Dialogue, Emotional Response, Emotional Responses, Fertile Ground, Imagination, Keen Observer, Kind Of Sentences, Living Room, Many Things, Mechanics, Narrative, Paragraphs, Scene Creation, Soaps, Time Kids, Watching Television

Filed in Writing with 0 Comments

12 Jun 09 The Importance of being Observant

Beauty lies in details, and to adorn your writing with details you need to pay a close attention to the things happening around you. Observation and asking questions are two key skills required to understand the knitting of the social fabric.

A close observation of your surrounding will bring required depth in your writing by giving you access to the underlying pattern of the society. Observation will make you understand how certain thing and certain types of person work in certain situation. It will help you gauge a person’s response to a certain kind of problem in any specific situation, or in different situations. This understanding will add colors to the picture you want to paint of your protagonist, or of any minor character in your story. You need to have a good observation skill, even if, you want to write fantasy fiction because the understanding you will develop by being observant will help you write a story that will have a connect with the readers.

Asking relevant questions and listening to the answers offered will give you a good understanding of the psychological make-up of any society. While asking questions, do not just follow words spoken, but look for the meaning left hidden beneath the unspoken ones. For this, you need to be a very careful listener and a keen observer.

Tags: Beauty, Careful Listener, Close Observation, Colors, Fantasy Fiction, Good Understanding, Keen Observer, Key Skills, Knitting, Minor Character, Paint, Person Work, Protagonist, Relevant Questions, Social Fabric

Filed in Writing with 0 Comments

21 Dec 09 Why Watching Movie is Important For a Writer

Translator

Recent Posts

IT List Favorites

Categories

Gossimer Press Releases

Gossimer Promotions and Announcements