I like to write in slow motion, and this video explains my thinking in this regard. When I read and write, I see things as they occur. As much as it might disappoint my fifth grade reading teacher, I do not speed read. Why would I? I want to relish the scene about which I am reading; why would I want to skip right through without connecting emotionally, without seeing and smelling every aspect of the scene, without hearing the dialog, or without feeling the pain, the joy, or the impatience of the characters. No, I believe writing is only good when I make a personal connection to it, and I cannot make a connection with a speeding car.
This is an interesting thing to explore in our writing. It takes longer to tell some parts of the story than others. Generally, the faster things happen in the story, the more we should decelerate the scene. I like to write in slow motion, and this video explains my thinking in this regard. When I read and write, I see things as they occur. As much as it might disappoint my fifth grade reading teacher, I do not speed read. Why would I? I want to relish the scene about which I am reading; why would I want to skip right through without connecting emotionally, without seeing and smelling every aspect of the scene, without hearing the dialog, or without feeling the pain, the joy, or the impatience of the characters. No, I believe writing is only good when I make a personal connection to it, and I cannot make a connection with a speeding car. Slow it down, fellow writers! By doing so, you place your readers smack in the middle of the story, rather than alongside.
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