Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Fri, Aug 06 2010
Songs with words, words with song
Someone sent me a link to a video of someone singing another verse of The Star-Spangled Banner this morning and it started me thinking about how music enhances our words. When you have trouble remembering a phone number it often helps to sing it to yourself. My explanation isn't very scientific, but apparently, singing something uses other parts of the brain from just saying something aloud. I used to sing multiplication tables as a child and it was a big help in memorizing them. A lot of folk songs are really stories set to music and they tend to stick in the mind for a long time.
I associate with a lot of musical people, but it never really occurred to me that I've neglected using music in my fiction. It might be time to remedy that, though it's often difficult to effectively describe music by using just written words. I think it will be worth a try.
posted at: 14:24 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
Someone sent me a link to a video of someone singing another verse of The Star-Spangled Banner this morning and it started me thinking about how music enhances our words. When you have trouble remembering a phone number it often helps to sing it to yourself. My explanation isn't very scientific, but apparently, singing something uses other parts of the brain from just saying something aloud. I used to sing multiplication tables as a child and it was a big help in memorizing them. A lot of folk songs are really stories set to music and they tend to stick in the mind for a long time.
I associate with a lot of musical people, but it never really occurred to me that I've neglected using music in my fiction. It might be time to remedy that, though it's often difficult to effectively describe music by using just written words. I think it will be worth a try.
posted at: 14:24 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
