tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post4095025564581235642..comments2023-11-18T03:15:19.102-06:00Comments on Straight From Hel: Dictating Your BookHelen Gingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-89251417892514916492008-12-11T10:46:00.000-06:002008-12-11T10:46:00.000-06:00NovelEagle, that's a great suggestion -- turning o...NovelEagle, that's a great suggestion -- turning off the monitor. It would be very distracting to have that on while you tried to "talk" your book or story to life. Wonderful suggestion.<BR/><BR/>I was at a Book Festival meeting last night and mentioned that I wished they had voice recognition software that could recognize more than one voice without having to train it. I was thinking of the interviews I'm currently transcribing - which takes forever. I was told that that ability is being worked on right now.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-55416879429166620762008-12-11T09:46:00.000-06:002008-12-11T09:46:00.000-06:00Dictating is a great way to get that first draft i...Dictating is a great way to get that first draft into your computer without going off on time-wasting tangents that make editing a harder task than it needs to be. <BR/><BR/>I've found that the best way for me to do it is to turn my monitor off and let the words flow from my right brain without any interference from the left. <BR/><BR/>There'll be time for the left brain to do its editing thing later. After I've created something worthy of its time and energy. Given a story with a beginning, middle and end, my logical left brain flourishes. Before that, it's interference slows me down.NovelEaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15759107566201817217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-9895966985203523102008-12-08T20:53:00.000-06:002008-12-08T20:53:00.000-06:00You're probably right Jean. If you love what you d...You're probably right Jean. If you love what you do, then you'd figure out a way to do it.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-43949628458122981602008-12-08T18:39:00.000-06:002008-12-08T18:39:00.000-06:00I don't know if I could write by dictation eit...I don't know if I could write by dictation either, but I guess we adapt to circumstances. If I lost my sight I'm sure I'd learn how to dictate another Logan & Cafferty novel.Jean Henry Meadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146960738692672013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-82491298704769594722008-12-08T10:17:00.000-06:002008-12-08T10:17:00.000-06:00Wow. How did he keep track of the plot and charact...Wow. How did he keep track of the plot and characters? It seems to me that I would forget what I'd said in the first 5,000 words by the time I got to the 100,000th word. Maybe there was a way he could play back the book, sort of like I would go back and re-read passages as I worked.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-86883578704745482802008-12-08T08:51:00.000-06:002008-12-08T08:51:00.000-06:00Helen,I can't imagine dictating a book, either. Ye...Helen,<BR/>I can't imagine dictating a book, either. Yet I have a blind client who dictated a novel that was 160,000 words before I started chopping it. Without his voice recognition software, he wouldn't be able to read or write.Lillie Ammannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851121176224654240noreply@blogger.com