27 Feb 2011

wayfaringwordhack: (passionfruit)
While videos are very handy for learning, some of the DIY craft tutorials on YouTube make me cringe.  I'm not the most eloquent of speakers, I know, but listening to the monologues on some these videos produces much the same cringing sensation I get when biting down on grit. If you are going to teach someone something, at least know your basic technical terms. Frex, it is a crochet "hook," not a crochet "stick." Yes, when you crochet, you do form a type of "knot," but most people call them "stitches"...

On the other hand, if you are trying to write some authentic dialogue and speech tics, just pick a few random tutorials and I'm sure you will be served.

I should take notes myself because I struggle with finding characters' voices...  Where I come from, people say either "what it looks like," or "how it looks;" they do not say, "how it looks like." I wouldn't think to put words in that particular order, but someone did, and a character could, too.

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