[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Visualizing characters

[Shaun Hately]

On 3 Jul 2002 at 22:13, Catherine Danielson wrote:

> I do visualize characters and scenes in a lot of
> detail, but only since going to film school. It has a
> lot to do, I think, with the way you're taught to
> think visually. My writing has become much more
> visual, too, which is an improvement. :) Now, I don't
> know if it's worth going to film school just for that,
> but there you go. I've always composed music for
> scenes in my head, but then I'm a musician. I suppose
> it comes down to the way you're hardwired. 
> Cathy D. 

I'm very visual in my reading - I have very firm images of what characters look like, 
what places look like, etc. My visual image of Hogwarts is very heavily based on my 
own school - I attended an Australian APS school, which were modelled on the 
British Public (private) Schools - and as Hogwarts also seems to have a basis in 
that, a lot of the images match quite well.

And for my own convenience and to help my visualisation, I once spent two weeks 
of inflicted stress leave from work relaxing by constructing a detailed plan of 
Hogwarts based on the information from the books - to me, it helps to know where 
things are, and while I can't say my plan is accurate, it is at least accurate to my 
vision, which makes things easier for me.


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