Comments on: Reading in public http://sararyan.com/2006/02/reading-in-public/ Novelist, comics writer, and librarian based in Portland, Oregon. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:59:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: anonymous http://sararyan.com/2006/02/reading-in-public/#comment-452 anonymous Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:25:26 +0000 http://oscorp.net/reading-in-public/#comment-452 Thank you so much for answering my question. At least someone answered it. I will try it. Hope you feel better. I hate getting sick (i just like it when i miss school.) Good luck. ~keren Thank you so much for answering my question. At least someone answered it. I will try it.

Hope you feel better. I hate getting sick (i just like it when i miss school.) Good luck.

~keren

]]> By: anonymous http://sararyan.com/2006/02/reading-in-public/#comment-451 anonymous Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:36:33 +0000 http://oscorp.net/reading-in-public/#comment-451 I had to get up at a concert this past Monday and talk about the Creative Music Guild (the organization I volunteer for). I've been a volunteer for years, and watched another board member make the announcements dozens of times ... but as I wrote my own notes I couldn't remember what he said. I had to ask another board member what to say. I spoke too fast and did forget a few things, but it was fine. So, my thoughts are PRACTICE, and at some point, you just have to bite the bullet and do it. Arasin I had to get up at a concert this past Monday and talk about the Creative Music Guild (the organization I volunteer for). I’ve been a volunteer for years, and watched another board member make the announcements dozens of times … but as I wrote my own notes I couldn’t remember what he said. I had to ask another board member what to say. I spoke too fast and did forget a few things, but it was fine.

So, my thoughts are PRACTICE, and at some point, you just have to bite the bullet and do it.

Arasin

]]> By: anonymous http://sararyan.com/2006/02/reading-in-public/#comment-450 anonymous Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:40:11 +0000 http://oscorp.net/reading-in-public/#comment-450 You could take up extreme reading -- reading out loud in places where it's not expected, like on public transportation or in supermarkets. (Most people would probably think you were crazy and try to ignore you anyway.) Once you mastered that art, reading in front of a room full of people who were just sitting calmly in front of you (and not trying to give you the bum's rush, say) would seem downright pedestrian and relaxing. -Jefe You could take up extreme reading — reading out loud in places where it’s not expected, like on public transportation or in supermarkets. (Most people would probably think you were crazy and try to ignore you anyway.) Once you mastered that art, reading in front of a room full of people who were just sitting calmly in front of you (and not trying to give you the bum’s rush, say) would seem downright pedestrian and relaxing.

-Jefe

]]> By: bgliterary http://sararyan.com/2006/02/reading-in-public/#comment-449 bgliterary Wed, 22 Feb 2006 05:23:08 +0000 http://oscorp.net/reading-in-public/#comment-449 Hope you're feeling better soon! I hate being sick, and I'm the world's whiniest sickie too. I love this idea of practicing reading using other's work. Might actually try it out at retreat! Hope you’re feeling better soon! I hate being sick, and I’m the world’s whiniest sickie too.

I love this idea of practicing reading using other’s work. Might actually try it out at retreat!

]]> By: anonymous http://sararyan.com/2006/02/reading-in-public/#comment-448 anonymous Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:34:04 +0000 http://oscorp.net/reading-in-public/#comment-448 I imagine the audience naked and Republican. I imagine the audience naked and Republican.

]]> By: lkeele http://sararyan.com/2006/02/reading-in-public/#comment-447 lkeele Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:17:38 +0000 http://oscorp.net/reading-in-public/#comment-447 The way I personally got more comfortable reading my own stuff in public: reading to children. First and second graders, particularly. They're so accepting. If you let them tell you about their lost tooth, and maybe even give you crayons at the end, they loved your visit. I still get nervy reading to anyone above the age of 10. Your way is good, though. The way I personally got more comfortable reading my own stuff in public: reading to children. First and second graders, particularly. They’re so accepting. If you let them tell you about their lost tooth, and maybe even give you crayons at the end, they loved your visit.

I still get nervy reading to anyone above the age of 10.

Your way is good, though.

]]> By: nevikmoore http://sararyan.com/2006/02/reading-in-public/#comment-446 nevikmoore Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:09:26 +0000 http://oscorp.net/reading-in-public/#comment-446 I like the idea. What better way to discover the awkward quality of one's own prose than by watching a friend stumble over it. Unless, that is, your friend is a tone-deaf nincompoop. In a similar vein, reading to Owen and Katie has greatly reduced my fear of storybook reading for young audiences. In fact, I think my skills have improved. After your umpteenth reading of Goodnight Moon you begin to experiment with delivery, phrasing and timing. I like the idea. What better way to discover the awkward quality of one’s own prose than by watching a friend stumble over it.

Unless, that is, your friend is a tone-deaf nincompoop.

In a similar vein, reading to Owen and Katie has greatly reduced my fear of storybook reading for young audiences. In fact, I think my skills have improved. After your umpteenth reading of Goodnight Moon you begin to experiment with delivery, phrasing and timing.

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