tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post461975374653254060..comments2024-03-29T03:28:22.296-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: BEWARE THE HIDDEN SNAKE!Roland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-59531722264306774412013-02-15T19:36:03.466-06:002013-02-15T19:36:03.466-06:00Michael:
Skimming through is bad, but skimming fro...Michael:<br />Skimming through is bad, but skimming from site to site from twitter to Facebook does inhibit our capacity to reflect and digest indepth material. Scary thought.<br /><br />Your prose is beautiful enough to warrent reading slowly and with appreciation! :-)<br /><br />Tessa:<br />Skipping through boring bits does not make us stupider. It is the habit of always reading short snippets from the web, tweets, and Facebook that reduces our capacity to read with clarity long passages.<br /><br />Much of the beauty of a great author's prose is lost by skimming though. We all of us have our own reading style though. :-)<br /><br />Alex:<br />Short attention spans seem to be the bane of our next generation. Politicians and used car dealers love this! :-)<br /><br />D.G.:<br />Yes, great masters of prose make us want to absorb each facet of each paragraph. Have a great weekend, RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-46949733441635342842013-02-15T13:27:33.612-06:002013-02-15T13:27:33.612-06:00What Alex said.
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When I read Tender is the Nigh...What Alex said. <br />+ <br />When I read Tender is the Night, I did slow my pace of reading. It was too rich to rush.<br /><br />D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-92021376065800351862013-02-15T11:43:00.984-06:002013-02-15T11:43:00.984-06:00People do skim. I've said for a long time that...People do skim. I've said for a long time that the attention span of the next generation will be very short and they will be all about the instant gratification.<br />I's skim those sex scenes though.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-25894250426512895442013-02-15T11:04:09.080-06:002013-02-15T11:04:09.080-06:00That was supposed to say "to get on with"...That was supposed to say "to get on with", not "to get one with"... I guess speed writing has disadvantages.... *sigh*Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11046724975658216337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-46279725949037428212013-02-15T11:02:55.749-06:002013-02-15T11:02:55.749-06:00I skip bits. Totally, unabashedly. Because I see n...I skip bits. Totally, unabashedly. Because I see no reason to ruin the experience for myself with bits and pieces that don't seem exiting, or appear to be gratuitous, or, sometimes, talk about a character that I don't like.<br /><br />I did a lot of that when reading George RR Martin's books, going so far as to skip chapters to get one with a particular character's story. I'd go back to read the ones I skipped later on, but first, I had to know what would happen to my favourites. <br /><br />And yes, I skip sex scenes and "overhead" swear words or things like that. <br /><br />I don't think it makes me any stupider, but I think it really depends on what you're doing with your reading - do you want to write a review? When I do, I make note of details. Is it a beach read? Who cares about the details! <br /><br />See what I mean? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11046724975658216337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-2846815902965997592013-02-15T10:58:52.619-06:002013-02-15T10:58:52.619-06:00Very THOUGHT PROVOKING post, Roland.
I must agree...Very THOUGHT PROVOKING post, Roland.<br /><br />I must agree to most of it. I agree that readers are skimming like crazy, TIME is so scarce for us that we want to get as much info as possible. BUT, I don't agree that readers are losing their intelligence. Maybe their focus because of THE TIME restraints.<br /><br />As for reading fast or slow, readers have their pace. If they are inclined to relish the written descriptions or gloss over for the main point, they will. <br /><br />Like you say, if the words are beautifully written, the reader will slow and absorb. But today so much JUNK is written, like the F bomb for instance. With all the media hype for ACTION PACKED, GRAPHIC, and HIGH TECH imagery in movies, it's no wonder beautifully written prose is becoming more obsolete. SO SAD really.<br /><br />THANKFULLY for us we have YOU an many others in our blogger community who write memorable words.<br />Michael Di Gesuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047267262428143113noreply@blogger.com