So it is just finding the balance - setting a general atmosphere, sketching a few details, and deciding at what point to just leave off and know the readers' imagination will fill in for you.
Yup, I really think so. And you know, now that you mention that, I almost think the creation of "atmosphere" is more important than the physical details, though of course, they'll coincide in a lot of ways.... Seems like I read something somewhere about making a conscious effort to describe settings using words that connote the mood of your characters, or the events taking place. (A really lame example would be talking about a "blood-red sunset" on the morning of a battle, I suppose.... Though a more apt use of imagery would really focus less on the adjectives, and more on the nouns and verbs. Ambrose Bierce is amazing at this. I'm really bad at it myself, so I feel a little stupid trying to explain it...though I do like writing essays on it. *laughs*)
Hmm, so in some ways, I suppose, your visualization of scenes would resemble the Ian McKellen Macbeth, with the characters, their interaction and reaction, vivid, but the scenery and "props" almost nonexistent?
Oo...that's actually very much the way it is. Particularly in the way that movie forces your eye to the characters, and to the very minutest movements in their facial muscles and in their eyes.... Yes, very much so. *nods*
*blushes* Well, I'm trusting you to tell me, as I often really can't tell myself... *g* Thanks so much, mellon-nin. *huggles*
LOL! Yeah, I begin to think I must be somewhat dyslexic too, particularly verbally.... (I am the person who said, a few weeks ago, that something had hit "bock rottom." :P) A lot of the time, I will catch myself after I've said something, just knowing that wasn't right, and then Abi will correct me. *g* In writing...pretty much the same, but I don't catch myself as often.
But yaaay, more story! I will definitely be looking forward to it! *bounces*
(Heh, and sorry for yet another massive comment...I just can't seem to be brief lately. *headdesk* The effects of wanting to actually talk to you, I guess. *huggles*)
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Date: 2008-08-06 03:04 pm (UTC)Yup, I really think so. And you know, now that you mention that, I almost think the creation of "atmosphere" is more important than the physical details, though of course, they'll coincide in a lot of ways.... Seems like I read something somewhere about making a conscious effort to describe settings using words that connote the mood of your characters, or the events taking place. (A really lame example would be talking about a "blood-red sunset" on the morning of a battle, I suppose.... Though a more apt use of imagery would really focus less on the adjectives, and more on the nouns and verbs. Ambrose Bierce is amazing at this. I'm really bad at it myself, so I feel a little stupid trying to explain it...though I do like writing essays on it. *laughs*)
Hmm, so in some ways, I suppose, your visualization of scenes would resemble the Ian McKellen Macbeth, with the characters, their interaction and reaction, vivid, but the scenery and "props" almost nonexistent?
Oo...that's actually very much the way it is. Particularly in the way that movie forces your eye to the characters, and to the very minutest movements in their facial muscles and in their eyes.... Yes, very much so. *nods*
*blushes* Well, I'm trusting you to tell me, as I often really can't tell myself... *g* Thanks so much, mellon-nin. *huggles*
LOL! Yeah, I begin to think I must be somewhat dyslexic too, particularly verbally.... (I am the person who said, a few weeks ago, that something had hit "bock rottom." :P) A lot of the time, I will catch myself after I've said something, just knowing that wasn't right, and then Abi will correct me. *g* In writing...pretty much the same, but I don't catch myself as often.
But yaaay, more story! I will definitely be looking forward to it! *bounces*
(Heh, and sorry for yet another massive comment...I just can't seem to be brief lately. *headdesk* The effects of wanting to actually talk to you, I guess. *huggles*)