On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:28:46 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:




Then you are mentally and probably physically mouthing the words.
Printed words have no sound and should have no sound. They should only
bring forth a mental process. The whole idea of verbal speech in
anathema to written speech. Humans have progressed as far as they have
primaryily due to the written word because it is so much more efficient
and accurate. Writers should realize that fact and use the art of
writing to go where speech cannot go.

As a lit/poetry student I gave considerable thought to what you are
touching on here. Poetry and literature began as spoken words, and
as writing developed they transitioned to being mostly read and not
heard.
Playwrights/scriptwriters have different concerns in their writing,
but most writing it there to be read, not spoken.
I even got interested in the *look* of certain words on a page as
having their own "expression" and power - beyond their prescriptive
meaning and aural sound.

A writer is using the printed page to tell a story, whether it be a
good yarn or an instruction manual.

Only if his intent is to do so. As a writer, I would rather leave good
yarn-spinning to my voice where it belongs. I use writing to stimulate
thought - not paint a picture. A canvas and paint brush paints a better
picture that somebody talking about a painting. A good writer bypasses
the physical senses and goes right to the source - the mind. After all,
without the mind there are no physical senses. The mind is the
wellspring. Any writer who doesn't know this fact is no writer - just a
hack.

There are writers and writers. As I suggested above, some writers to
paint pictures with words. And you have read their magic, seen their
paintings.

Why do you think I'm such a successful troll. It's not because I put my
verbal blatherings on the screen. It's because I push mind buttons that
writing can push while transcribed verbal gushings cannot.

You can't speak to a newsgroup with aural voice.
That's why you must type. You can use voice software and
then tweak the words if they don't suit.
Never done it myself.
But if type your words well, a voice is heard. Only then are you
successful.

A common writing technique is to read what you wrote aloud. If it
sounds awkward or doesn't paint the picture you wanted to transmit,
it's time to revise.

Even you have a voice that I hear. I don't know it's pitch or speed,
but I hear it clearly.

Oh, on a different subject: your "@ddress". Most people would spell it
"invalid", not "invallid".


Makes it all the more invalid.

I can't remember if this proves or disproves your point or mine, but
invalid and invallid are the same word when spoken, yet have
generated "discussion" only because they have been written.

--Vic