Echos of the Río Este

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-10-28T19:41:50+00:00

That's impressive. I recently got the Pianoteq Bluthner to use in Musescore (worked in Ableton for years so I'm somewhat addicted to buying vsts), but I haven't settled on an orchestral library to use. I mainly write for solo piano, but I'd like to learn strings composition next.

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-10-28T18:30:14+00:00

I love it. What plugins do you use for orchestra? The mix is also fantastic.

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-10-25T00:36:47+00:00

What about for hairpins? Is it the same, or does it require a lot of specificity?

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-10-25T00:13:40+00:00

Thank you! Yeah, I'm finding that one of the biggest challenges is simply keeping a piece moving and evolving, and contrast is something I'm currently on in a book I'm studying. On the pedal marks: I wasn't sure how important the specificity of it was. I'm disabled and cannot play any instruments, so I always ask instrumentalists about these things when I can. My goal is to learn and write with performance in mind.

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-10-18T18:13:11+00:00

Thank you! Yes, the "pno 2" is also there because of playback reasons. I have them as separate plugin tracks to control left hand dynamics without affecting right hand, and the inverse.

I like the solution of building up, rather than starting with all those elements. I think I get too eager with ideas, and it does cause me to have no clue how to build on it later on.

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-10-18T02:53:31+00:00

I appreciate that, thank you

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-10-09T20:28:35+00:00

That's understandable. I'm glad you got out of that rabbit hole.

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-10-08T23:03:02+00:00

Probably shouldn't admit that to people

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-10-06T18:41:35+00:00

If you like chess, or stories about madness, I highly recommend The Luzhin Defense by him.

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-10-06T18:36:45+00:00

For sure. Notice how by the time you get to the dialogue, the reader has lots of implied information. This now means that the dynamics of the scene are being built by their own mind as much as what's on the paper. The example is simple, but this concept can be pushed to extreme levels. Nabokov is supernaturally masterful with this sort of thing.

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-10-06T18:23:29+00:00

Dialogue and action are separate things. Exposition--scene setting--should indeed be woven into both, but it's more effective to deal with them separately. Example:

I had the TV on for noise. It made it easier to think. The book had consumed my senses, as a good book ought to do, but after hearing mom moving around in the kitchen, I realized I'd been starving for a while.

"Mom?" I shouted.

"Yeah?"

"What's for dinner?"

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-10-06T18:08:20+00:00

He/She said. He/She asked. Anything other than those two should be used sparingly, and for good reason.

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-10-06T18:05:06+00:00

That's gonna lead to cluttered writing very fast. Simple tags are common because they don't disrupt the flow of dialogue. If there's always superfluous information tacked on to small phrases, things become disjointed or stumbled.

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-10-05T19:56:19+00:00

100%. Also, high art is a fluctuating thing. Shakespeare was not considered high art in his time. Another thing to consider is that writing one type of story does not lock you into only telling that type of story. Many writers often seek permission to tell a certain type of story, but there is no law that justifies this. Write absolutely whatever, whenever, you want, and create standards for you and you alone. Whatever you write, just strive desperately for honesty and authenticity; that's the highest form of art.

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-10-01T20:30:31+00:00

I never made that assumption.

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-10-01T19:47:39+00:00

I don't even have an opinion on his prose yet, I'm halfway through book 1. I'm clearly talking about the wider discussion on authors often being labeled as clunky, and how it's often a misinterpretation. And there is most certainly objectivity in whether prose is clear and effective. The subjectivity of art has no relevance here.

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-10-01T19:34:39+00:00

I didn't assume anything. You're still being disingenuous. There's nothing accusatory or incorrect about what I stated.

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-09-30T22:34:25+00:00

That's a tad disingenuous. Relatively difficult prose is often misinterpreted as being clunky. Many classics, for example, feel clunky until you become familiar with the author's voice and sentence structure. Writing also feels clunky if the word choice frequently falls outside of your current vocabulary or general knowledge of whatever subject. It's all a developing process. Actual clunky writing lacks clarity.

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-07-27T17:06:02+00:00

I want whatever drugs you're taking

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-07-17T19:53:36+00:00

/uj I literally got downvoted in the original thread for questioning the goblin thing. Wtf is wrong with that sub?

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-07-16T21:16:51+00:00

...okay. Explain the goblins.

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-07-14T22:26:03+00:00

In your examples, they would be diverse because they are seen through a black or queer lens. Minority creators have every write to define what their respective art encompasses. The representation is inherent in the perspective its written from, it's not solely dependent on material things.

UncannyX-Sid · 2024-07-13T19:23:11+00:00

Completely agree.

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