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Hi Daeus,

There are some posts missing in the Forums.  Not sure if it is a tech glitch or some have been removed for editorial purposes or the content did not align with the guidelines.

I did ask a question on here that I do not see, but it was regarding posting a shared MP3 link to a file in a Google Doc folder, for a scene audio clip.

On Tue 6/15/2021 6:43 PM you replied: “@obrian-of-the-surface-world Yes, go ahead!”

I was wondering if this is still okay and if there is something in my User profile preventing me from starting a Topic in the Forums?

I was thinking about starting one called “Audio Cinema” and challenging my fellow writers to read & record a short scene of their WIPs and post a link to listen under the text of their scene.  I know personally that I get myopic in my writing when I only “hear” my work in my head.  Sometimes performing it into a recording (using a smartphone and an audio memo feature) allows me to step back from it and listen to it as it might be read.  I can see what seems to work and what “sounds off” more clearly.  It also allows me to rework the scene so that it flows more naturally, with the added benefit of role-playing and experimenting with my characters’ voices.

I thought it might be fun to try this with my fellow writers in the Forum.  Post the text and a clip and “see” how it sounds, with a follow-up set of Q & A to the listeners.

I used to make a weekly 80-mile commute, and recorded much of my WIP to listen to “on the road”.  I had a Google Audio Voice read it first, but have recently been recording it in my own “character voices” with sound effects and background music to bring in the atmospheric experience, much like a dramatic audiobook does.  The Audio Cinema might be a fun and developmental exercise that helps us writers employ more of our senses when approaching our gift’s expression.

Here are the “template” questions I envisioned to pair with each participant writer’s offering.  Please review below and tell me what you think.  Is this a workable idea?  I do not want to do anything that is not authorized or under authority.  I defer to whatever is acceptable to your team.  I love and pray for you all.

Scene Questions

1.       Is there anything that stood out to you as intriguing about this scene?

 

2.       What would you say the mood was of this scene?

 

3.       What character(s) in this scene would you like to know more about?

 

4.       Which character, if any, do you feel the most empathy toward in this scene alone?

 

5.       Which of the following, as a reader, do you wish I had developed more fully in this scene?

a.       Setting

b.       Character thoughts and motivations

c.       Character appearance and/or mood expressions

 

6.       Do you feel that the dialogue in this scene flows or is mechanical and stilted?

 

7.       Did you learn something in this scene that you wondered about in a previous scene?

 

8.       Did this scene make you want to read more scenes? (Why or why not?)

 

9.       Is there any part of the scene that you personally felt did not belong?

 

10.   What, if anything, would you change about this scene to make it more interesting to you?