Re:The Lost Pleasure of Reading Aloud
by bench_soup on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @05:38AM
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I find that most writing is really NOT meant to be "heard" in reality
As a counter-example, Flaubert used to scream his texts in his "gueuloir" as a way to perfect them.
wrong written sentences do not resist this test; they oppress the chest, hinder the heartbeat and thus are apart from real life conditions.
So we solved it by just reading the dialog and that actually turned out to be pretty fun. We'd split up the characters and sometimes make some funny voices and just go for it. As a bonus, it helps you realize just how awful the writing is in some of the most beloved old video games (Square, I'm looking your way, you spoony bard.)