tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post863352110131150211..comments2023-11-14T02:10:02.743-08:00Comments on A Nudge in the Right Direction: GUEST POST: Using my powers for Good, not EmoKrispyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09492607213249874138noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-46814925838536999362012-07-10T09:02:18.732-07:002012-07-10T09:02:18.732-07:00This is such a good idea! I'm going to try the...This is such a good idea! I'm going to try the suggestions about writing music for characters and really embodying the characters, even writing in their hand. Awesome post!! Thanks for this : )Paula Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589698568557920818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-56978504524195028852011-03-25T11:52:54.845-07:002011-03-25T11:52:54.845-07:00Thanks for a great interview! It's great to ge...Thanks for a great interview! It's great to get to know Sophia better. I envy anyone with such an ability to connect with music. But she makes an interesting point--why do so many Chinese-American kids get plopped down in front of a piano at such an early age?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09687047513163296827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-76176634684403207452011-03-24T19:48:27.019-07:002011-03-24T19:48:27.019-07:00What a great post, Sophia! I definitely agree, a ...What a great post, Sophia! I definitely agree, a CD should come wiht your book so we can all hear the songs :)<br /><br />I can't believe I've never thought of doing this, thanks for the inspiration!Juliana L. Brandthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15903360100714298208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-89387299796939360042011-03-23T18:59:04.473-07:002011-03-23T18:59:04.473-07:00The title of this post alone is just fabulous!
Gr...The title of this post alone is just fabulous!<br /><br />Great post. Love seeing how music became a part of your world. <br />:)Lydia Kanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484415427764822386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-19565531127515801442011-03-23T18:15:04.886-07:002011-03-23T18:15:04.886-07:00this is wonderful. i love that composing helps yo...this is wonderful. i love that composing helps you write fiction. i love knowing this about you.Jodi Pharohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957966871984740561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-2263486933861820432011-03-23T16:10:13.124-07:002011-03-23T16:10:13.124-07:00I got my hair cut like my character once. It was a...I got my hair cut like my character once. It was a huge disaster. Six months later I looked sort of like her (I actually looked more like a different character, but they are related, so whatever). Now I stick to everything Except haircuts :)<br /><br />(also, I cannot write in silence. I MUST have music. That's so awesome that you write your own music!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-29862462139259715212011-03-23T13:15:13.134-07:002011-03-23T13:15:13.134-07:00My daughter plays the violin and piano--seems to b...My daughter plays the violin and piano--seems to be a theme lately. Late at night, she sits at the piano and composes these heart-rending minor compositions. For my current novel, the whole mood of the book was her music. Every time I hit a snag in the book, I'd ask my daughter to play and the answer to my problem would appear.Connie Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774616533630985219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-20407512255886170672011-03-23T13:10:55.213-07:002011-03-23T13:10:55.213-07:00David - I would love that! Along with the maps I&...David - I would love that! Along with the maps I've drawn for other novels and all that ephemera :) <br /><br />And it's all Chinese everywhere, but the poor ones can't afford lessons.<br /><br />Preeeety violin Angela!Sophia Changhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946233873722107937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-4059059902778187652011-03-23T08:20:09.745-07:002011-03-23T08:20:09.745-07:00I'm so glad you've found a way to use your...I'm so glad you've found a way to use your music to help with your writing. I wish I could say I've learned to do the same, but I prefer silence.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12399082789777816445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-51784336408685529452011-03-23T07:31:15.879-07:002011-03-23T07:31:15.879-07:00Courtney Love - Hole - wow, old memories:)
of cour...Courtney Love - Hole - wow, old memories:)<br />of course, I went the "perennially conflicted but trying to be broodily angry young man" route of Metallica, Guns 'n' Roses, Black Sabbath, etc. Still some of the best music ever, late 80's to middle 90's hard rock, but somewhere along the way you grow up and it kind of fades to a fond memory.<br /><br />>Like thousands of other Chinese kids in America, I had to play the piano and violin as soon as I could tell my fingers apart. <br /><br />ok, this is news to me, and rather intriguing. can someone expand on that? as in, why? why press the kids to learn music, and why specifically the piano and violin? was/ is this peculiar only to chinese kids growing up in America, or is it for chinese kids anywhere? boys and girls, or only girls?<br /><br />so, Sophia -- along with your books you're also going to include a CD with each character's personalized theme song, written and performed by yourself? that would be pretty cool and unique if you could do that:)<br /><br /> music and writing has a long partnership, altough it's surprisingly not that well publicly documented that I'm aware of. Yet, almost every single writer I know of, whether starting out or moderately to very succesful, invests heavily in music while writing, and some even religiously listen to only certain types of music or songs while writing specific books. Music sets the mood so well, it is kind of like a trance drug in its own way.<br /><br />Music is awesome for me when I'm thinking on a story, or basically not writing. if music is playing, it'll let me drift off [provided no one bothers me], and I'll step into storyland, the music acting as the catalyst to get me into the rhythm adn mood.<br />funnily enough, though, when actually writing I need complete silence so I can hear the characters speak.<br />When I hear a character, I can write them. Everything flows from that. When I can't hear them, I can still write them, it just becomes . . . work. and really, that's often not my better work.<br /><br />interesting post, thank you.David de Beerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03191810429175260146noreply@blogger.com