TECH: Nanonotes Day 7?

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Original posting 7 Nov 2011

Okay! Everyone running along, doing your thing, getting those words out?

Here's a tantalizing extra. Over here, http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better.html
Julian Treasure talks about 5 ways to listen better. Fun talk, go ahead and listen, it's pretty fast.

And, now that you have heard it, put it to work in your Nanowrimo writing! After all, the only  sound in so many stories is the dialogue. But you and I know that there is a whole panoply of background sounds out there waiting for you to notice them! Yes, and for your characters to ponder over, too. That creaking sound in the backyard in the middle of the night, the pop-pop-pop of something in the tree in the front yard, the ting-ting-ting of the dripping faucet in the bathroom... add them in, give us some texture and depth to the world around your characters.

You don't have to add in the music like so many TV shows, but you can certainly add grace notes here and there. And sometimes even some music. Or just the crash of the climax, deafening your characters for a few moments with the tintinnabulation of the cannon fire exploding all around them?

Whatever you like. Remember the sounds of silence, and all those other sounds \too, and make sure your story has a healthy aural tapestry waving in the background. On a muddy pizza?

'saright?