http://becomingafictionwriter.com/2008/07/best-of-the-booker-and-remembering-books/ One girl, one dream ... and a whole lot of procrastination Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:29:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://becomingafictionwriter.com/2008/07/best-of-the-booker-and-remembering-books/comment-page-1/#comment-11480 Becoming A Fiction Writer » Blog Archive » January’s book of the month, according to Amanda Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:38:57 +0000 http://becomingafictionwriter.com/?p=112#comment-11480 [...] keeping, and partly to remind me about the great books I’ve read, since I have a bad habit of not remembering books too well unless I actively think back on [...] [...] keeping, and partly to remind me about the great books I’ve read, since I have a bad habit of not remembering books too well unless I actively think back on [...]

]]> http://becomingafictionwriter.com/2008/07/best-of-the-booker-and-remembering-books/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Am I ignoring short stories? Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:23:05 +0000 http://becomingafictionwriter.com/?p=112#comment-254 [...] that happen to them in the course of the novel. If I read a novel I also have a vague chance of remembering something about it afterwards, but with a short story this is virtually impossible. And while writing a novel is an [...] [...] that happen to them in the course of the novel. If I read a novel I also have a vague chance of remembering something about it afterwards, but with a short story this is virtually impossible. And while writing a novel is an [...]

]]> http://becomingafictionwriter.com/2008/07/best-of-the-booker-and-remembering-books/comment-page-1/#comment-220 amanda Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:36:52 +0000 http://becomingafictionwriter.com/?p=112#comment-220 Glad I'm not alone. Funny, last night in bed I was going over the plot of the book I'd been reading that day on the train, and then talked about it today as well (it's a really good book!) so I wonder if those processes mean I'll remember it longer ... Glad I’m not alone. Funny, last night in bed I was going over the plot of the book I’d been reading that day on the train, and then talked about it today as well (it’s a really good book!) so I wonder if those processes mean I’ll remember it longer …

]]> http://becomingafictionwriter.com/2008/07/best-of-the-booker-and-remembering-books/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Katrina Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:33:10 +0000 http://becomingafictionwriter.com/?p=112#comment-214 Manda, I have this all the time. It doesn't usually matter how affecting a book or film is, I pretty much *always* forget "how it goes" so to speak. It's most annoying. I think people have different abilities though, because I can't forget songs, not at all, no way. They're my thing, they penetrate my mind more deeply than fiction does, so I seem to always remember. Mind you, I know a *lot* of musicians that not only remember a lot of songs, but they are also expert at quoting from films and tv shows too. Maybe it has to do with how much you think? I spend a lot of time thinking (ummm, possibly read daydreaming) and I think that takes up the time I could spend learning lines from tv shows or remembering plotlines. If I read a book more than once, it makes more of an impression though. And if I read it when I was a child, even more so. Any psychologists out there able to enlighten me any? K. Manda, I have this all the time. It doesn’t usually matter how affecting a book or film is, I pretty much *always* forget “how it goes” so to speak. It’s most annoying. I think people have different abilities though, because I can’t forget songs, not at all, no way. They’re my thing, they penetrate my mind more deeply than fiction does, so I seem to always remember. Mind you, I know a *lot* of musicians that not only remember a lot of songs, but they are also expert at quoting from films and tv shows too. Maybe it has to do with how much you think? I spend a lot of time thinking (ummm, possibly read daydreaming) and I think that takes up the time I could spend learning lines from tv shows or remembering plotlines. If I read a book more than once, it makes more of an impression though. And if I read it when I was a child, even more so. Any psychologists out there able to enlighten me any? K.

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