Three anti-social skills to improve your writing - Nadia Kalman
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- Опубликовано: 16 июн 2024
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You need social skills to have a conversation in real life -- but they're quite different from the skills you need to write good dialogue. Educator Nadia Kalman suggests a few "anti-social skills," like eavesdropping and muttering to yourself, that can help you write an effective dialogue for your next story.
Lesson by Nadia Kalman, animation by Enjoyanimation.
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Easier ways to write a book:
1. Go to school with a notebook
2. Listen to drama
How long did it take you to write that? And is it weird that I read all of it?
I don't think it's weird. It took about a half hour, but grammar isn't as rigid here, so I had the relief to start sentences with capital "And"s. That made it go quick. I find that when I'm invested in my typing and free to ignore the teacher's grammar rules, I tend to ignore time. I'm more bothered by spelling, but appreciate a full read.
Zigalko don Verven Wow, that's a while. And no problem, I guess.
No problem at all.
-How School Days was made.
Also known as "how to make your friends and family think your even more insane"
your comment is: how to make what everybody thinks of you, more important than what you think.
Lol
Lol
Pretty much
My world when I was 7th grade...
*you're
1. Eavesdropping
2. Develop imaginary people
3. Talk to yourself
Found da real mvp.
Respect ++
4. Get a therapist
Check check and check
5. Get locked up in the Asylum
How to write best sellers:
1)Come up with some old mythical creature or legend
2) Put teenagers in it.
Done.
Lol. Percy jackson 😂
Not really.
Lol. That exactly sums up the webtoon I'm obssessed with.
The webtoon I'm reading is Lalín's Curse, if ya wondering.
PERCY JACKSON-
Gee, thanks!
" I did not, " " I saw you, " - every Among US game
not funny didn’t laugh
"I did not!" *throws bottle away "Oh hey Mark"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
lol
Hey please read my among us fanfic and help me improve.
www.wattpad.com/story/256427672-among-us
Yeah but in order to eavesdrop you need to go outside...
+Jellybean5689 THANK YOU FOR POINTING IT OUT!
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE VIDEO!!! HOW CAN I EAVESDROP ON PEOPLE IF THERE'S NO PEOPLE TO EAVESDROP ON?!!
+I'mNotA FREAK! Learn to speak carpet. The fibres might have some cracking conversation
we're getting into mental-disease territory boys and gals
***** ...so true. I'm already talking to my phone as we speak XD
3:15 "Did you put your name into the Goblet of Fire, Harry?" he asked calmly.
😂😂😂 Caught the snitch
Excellent. ✅
And the movie was completely the opposite when it came to this dialogue.
"HaRrY pOtTeR dId YoU pUt YoUr NaMe In ThE gObLeT oF fIrE?"
I'm not muttering to myself, I speaking in character. And I also act out some scenes. And I just realized I follow all of those rules. Yay
lol same
"I'm just a really dedicated method actor, doctor Brown."
same haha
Me too
i do this every night lol
I do all of these things every single day, but I don't write. Hmm.
same ☆
same
+Kagamine Len my waifu is real in my brain
Good for you.
Get a notebook! A really small pocket one, it doesn't have to be pricey. Like a dollar composition book. Carry it with you. Step one to writing. (Or it can be just a fun hobby to write quotes you hear throughout the day.) When you write it, you're less likely to forget it and have it on call next time you need it.
*When a TED ED calls you antisocial...*
hard to tell, but easy to live men. a hug! be happy
...and then tells you how to benefit from it! 😉
Love TED! 😏❤
*_hello darkness my old friend..._*
So the voices are trying to help me?...
+Crick1952 they always are !
+Crick1952 just do whatever the voices tell you to.
+James Franklin Leave home naked,Enter a kindergarden class and not get caught?
Tony Stark if the voices say it, do it. that's what i did, and those deaths have not been connected yet.
+James Franklin Yeah, i've been hearing "REDRUM REDRUM REDRUM.." all the time. Dunno what this is about. Or maybe i know. :)
I'm a wannabe writer and I've always done these things, almost without thinking. I like to look at strangers and guess what their lives, families, and personalities might be like based on their appearance, posture, overheard conversations, or little quirks that I notice about them. It's like a writing practice I engage in to keep my mind active. Sometimes I narrate my own actions, coming up with phrases and decriptions, and carry a small notebook to write down interesting words and ideas. It's fun- and I like to think it's good practice for bringing my characters to life.
Do you still write up until now
That’s awesome!
That also train your creativity.
Holmes, is that you?
I hope you kept practicing over time. I'm excited to hear more from you!!!
“How to hear voices in your head”
Man I’m already a master of that!
"How to make the voices in your head talking straight instead of mumbling random babble" would be more useful, indead.
No one:
Literally no one:
2.8 million introverts: interesting
I'm ambivert and it's interesting
An introvert isn’t the same as being antisocial, they’re completely different things.
@@rockstar_foxy1029 an introvert is certainly an anti-social, but a person who is antisocial may necessarily not be an introvert
@@Amaanali.07 Everyone has social and antisocial traits. Saying introverts are antisocial by definition only implies that you're saying all introverts have more antisocial than social traits, which is ridiculous and not true. There's a lot of information about this online if you're interested.
Besides that, everyone on the spectrum of introversion / extraversion can be interested in reading and/or writing stories.
@@RainbowVision wut? Since when does reading and writing are included in being called socializing activity
how to be a writer:
step 1 - write
exactly 👍
yeah.
Step 2- Read a lottttt
*Write that down ✍️
good loke but the first step is research
It's like a movie, a series but most of the time it's a part of our life. You can say the characters visit you when you have ideas. You can see them without closing your eyes. It's a wonderful feeling 🥰
.
**If they visit you, Go on explain what they are doing. Well that's how I write**
Already eavesdrop, already imagine people, already talk to myself, already writing a book.
Eli Powell Me too! :) We're proud antisocial people. xD
Eli Powell haha, me too. Anti-social people untie
I wrote a book when I was In fifth grade, took up a whole 3 subject notebook, then I realized it was trash so I'm writing another book.
@Luke Halling Good, as long as you haven't given up on writing! Keep going, and you can make something amazing.
Whats it called?
It was suppose to say "asocial", not "antisocial". Antisocial is behavior harmful to society like violence/delinquency/crime. Asocial means behavior opposite from socially conventional.
No, "asocial" means - not social.
The video had both kinds.
mraccident Both kinds?? Did you even see the video? It doesnt contain any advice for anti-social people. They are usually referred to an institution.
Lucky Luke "Eavesdropping".
mraccident Hmmm i guess you mixed something up. That is not anti-social, perhaps its just considered rude but perfectly acceptable behavior in public.
Lucky Luke Rudeness is anti-social.
but.. but...
My therapist told me not to listen to the voices..
:'(
+oriana garrido who? joy,sadness,fear,anger and disgust? well you should listen to them!
The voices only want you to kill your family.
break it down therapist the rapist see don't trust the quacks
Well maybe 'cause you probably have schizophrenia...and this is how to promote it
+oriana garrido
your therapist clearly has no creative bone in his body
All of these tips are fantastic! I love catching bits and pieces of conversation when I'm out an about - it's absolutely the best way to pick up speech rhythms or ask yourself a 'what if...?' that might just turn into a story.
I thought when it said antisocial skills, it'd be like something like ignoring people rather than paying attention to them. lol
Interestingly enough, sometimes ignoring is more 'social' than paying attention :)
Vincent Oostelbos Agreed. In today's society, you are more likely to make friends by ignoring people rather than approaching them.
explains a lot about why I have friends despite being shy. lol
mellowtonin then why am I alone?
Anet Alis it depends on how you're ignoring them. :)
"People tend to speak in short bursts, not lengthy speeches."
Me: .... *squints at Ayn Rand*
"Really, all it takes is a bit of salt of sugar. I mean, if it is what it is, and what I think it is, then it must be that, no? To be really concise, it's just that, and no more and less. Is there no other time to do so"
"Ahem, we really should be going now, the bus is lat-"
"Do you have to keep interrupting me every single time I take a pause? Now as I was saying: ... ... ..."
There are exceptions to every rule to every exception to every rule.
Haruki Murakami's dialogues also tend to go for a full page sometimes. This is one piece of advice I don't really consider because it depends on the character. Some people do speak at length, introverts especially do that when accompanied by someone they like talking with on a topic they're heavily knowledgeable about and hungry to share. I'm usually a mute but when a topic I'm acquainted with and interested in comes to surface, I can speak for a *long* time, as long as the other person is listening. So dialogue is subjective in terms of length imo.
But if what they mean by short bursts is things like intercepts that show the other person's reaction like, "He nodded" or "She adjusted herself in her seat," then I would agree. Reading a full page of a one-sided dialogue gets boring. These keep the engagement and the picture alive in the reader's imagination.
*squints at both Victor Hugo and myself*
I just looked back at this video for the first time in a few years -- glad to see people are posting on here, and that some of you found it helpful. Thanks!
I have been doing this for the whole of my life; I could become a great writer.
-OR
*How To Write Dialogue If You Have No Real Life Experience To Draw From*
One of the best TED animated videos in a while! Mainly because I'm interested in the subject but it was also very well presented with very few pauses for the animation to do it's thing or fluff to build up a reason for having animation in the first place. Can we have more "How to write fiction" stuff? I like it!
This is what I am growing up, imagining and making up stories in my mind relating on what people talk about. Whoow... I've blown my own mind.
I'm dreaming of one day writing a book that's inside my head. This vid helped a lot on how to actually think about the characters and start playing around with them. Thanks!
This was a very insightful video. The weird thing is that I do this a lot and my siblings think that there is something wrong with me.
How come I'm still not a writer then?
+hossein sadeghi Do you write?
+G-Rex
No, he uses his keyboard to type XD
Kelvin Cha Tut tut, much prefer it old school!
+hossein sadeghi Maybe you are just lazy
I am not trying to offend you, but we can be sometimes lazy that when we get a great idea we don't write it right away, and that can stand in our way of becoming real writers.
What a load of shite. You don't need to write with a pen to be a writer, I usually write ideas down in my phone if one strikes me. I did my entire creative writing degree on computers and still write entirely via typing. Its a lot easier to redraft and change details without making a messy scrawl.
This is important because when you are studying a new lenguage, you like to think in many things when you are talking to someone but some cases, we don’t know what say and you need to have creativity. Writing and speaking are together. Good Video!
This sums up all the things I usually do pretty well.
It's not that I like to eavesdrop... It's just that everyone talks so loud I can hear their conversation. The reason why I'm always quiet and don't participate in conversations is because I'm always observing what's happening around me. I see the world as a stage and people as fictional characters who have their own personalities, uniqueness, and charm. It's like watching a movie or play. Everything plays on its own while there's a voice in my head that narrates everything that's going on. I don't see myself in the stage. I don't have a role to play. I am simply just a quiet observer or an audience. So when someone approaches and talks to me, I snap out of it and come back to reality.
I'd just like to point out that the term "anti-social" used in this [video's] context is inappropriate psychological-wise. Rather than "anti-social" the correct term should be "Asocial" (absence if socialising tendencies and habits).
I know this comment sounds "know-it-all" and i admit that i don't know everything. but as a psychology student, hearing psych terms used inappropriately is in a way... It just feels wrong man.
Tl;dr... Use the term "Asocial" rather than "anti-social", because the latter's real definition is a note too violent and chaotic, if you know my meaning (see: Joker from the Batman).
Good day. Very interesting and informative video nonetheless!
I was thinking the same thing. There are so many people talking about being antisocial and the stuff they say doesn't make any sense xd
Wow... someone noticed cuz I was misled by the title
Thanks for the enlightment,i didn't knew the difference yet. never apologise for knowing it better.
Yes! Once I did a quick google search of what anti social and asocial actually mean it’s been bothering me to see how often antisocial is used when that’s not what’s meant.
Noted
omg these TED-EDs have taught me so much more than any lessons I've ever taken!
the best video ever. i told my family that I wanna be a writer but my dad and grandma didn't allow me, this video inspired me a lot. thanks you so much.
This is so funny and great. I've done some of this in the past while working on things. Tip works really well if you just let it happen. When they say characters write themselves it really is true.
I do all these things already! And it's helped a lot! Hey the author at my school even approved my work! And I do love story writing! Might be an author one day (hopefully)..
Seven years- are you an author yet❣️?
I really love they use multiple interesting typographies in the video to strengthen their points.
Yep. That's the way!
I am more of a quiet person wherever I am (even my mom refers to me as the neighbor living in the next room)
Usually, I am the only person I can talk to especially in college; as a writer, my characters are actually kinda my greatest friends. I plot their events and discuss their opinions while I am working. It kinda helps me in understanding them more, and it always feels well talking to them when no one is available :)
Inspiring 👍🏼 Knowing your characters depends on so many lifetime experiences in different places, with different nationalities, associated with some (socio-psycho) studies.
I am already hearing voices in my head and it has been 5 years thank you very much, anyway imma write these conversations.
I'm having a hard time writing a dialogue. Glad i saw this. Perfect timing.
I EAVESDROP SO MUCH
Idk, it's very fun to listen to someone talking to each other (especially when there's a conflict between them ohohoh)
Now i'm not only antisocial, but i'm a schizophrenic too. PERFECT!
Thanks a lot. People struggling with open spaces, yet nurturing a desire to write, can be significantly aided.
I'm in love with your animation. You try to explain your ideas with animation that's is very effective.
Thank you for your animations & thoughts.
Thank you so so much. I'm currently trying to write a story I am really excited about but I have a total of 3 pages and I am already on a writer's block
I haven't written on the story for quite a while simply because I can't go further with it. I'm keeping it that way and I'm trying to not think about it for a while as that mostly helps me
+Nadine M, I'm glad to hear it -- thanks and good luck with the story!
+Nadine M The trick is to just make yourself write the first draft. Try to write a little every day, but also try to enjoy it, and keep your excitement. It can be taxing, and some days you'll feel like shit, but eventually you'll have a completed story which you can then add detail to, or remove the bad writing. Sometimes when I'm stuck on the first draft I literally write things like: "And then John hit Bradley and took his gun and subdued him somehow. Then he unloaded it and threw it away and said a really cool hero's line". I know it's terrible writing, but it doesn't matter. It gets me through the difficult parts and takes the pressure off. After that I normally end up writing even better on the next part, like I've just climbed a steep hill and am now rolling down the other side.
Have you plotted your story out? I don't tend to do this but if you know your story chapter by chapter before you start writing, then you're free to pick and choose which bit you want to write first. If you don't have a plot but have an idea what's going to happen in the future then pluck the future from your mind and get that on paper. You might then find it easier to fill in the gaps as you can see how your characters got from point A to B.
There are also plenty of creative exercises to practise before you start writing so you can warm up and get straight into the zone. I hope this helps :)
Story of my life :,)
I can relate... I'm on the eighth page on my own novel and I'm trying to get over a bout of severe writer's block, haha. I'm excited though, and I think I'll get at least a page down today. Good luck! :)
So my social anxiety is actually turning me into a fiction writer.... This is definitely not a phantom limb of confidence, and will be a totally revelational success. 👏
Beautiful work. I'm so glad that someone else realized that this is actually work for art in progress. I just wish the voices would give me the whole story at once instead of guessing who the bad guys are or how it ends. You want your story told but how am I supposed to do that without the facts?
Ha, I love to write and this is so true. I'm constantly- well mostly unconsciously- eavesdrop onto people's conversations and I always mutter to myself when trying to see if my characters sound awkward or not. Sometimes my habits tent to get me a questioning stare or two, but anything for the love of my life- writing.
When you're already anti-social and you just want to get rid of the voices swarming your brain
Ted-ed: #3 Muttering to yourself
Me: *laughs in Maladaptive Daydreaming*
Best video and advice for those who are alone all the time and imagining things
I actually kinda started by basing characters on people I know or have met in real life, then evolve them from there. It helps me pin down traits and how they'd talk and react to things.
"Your money or your life !!", she said lovingly, Good one :-)
I suddenly feel so much less crazy! ^_^
this is the first youtube video that motivated me to eavesdrop.
I already do all of this. And it does help me with dialog.
The train sequence in Madoka Magica was inspired by a talk Akiyuki Shinbo heard on a buss.
Just for a good example.
I can't seem to remember a train sequence
otaku spotted
+Cool COOKIES FOR YOU!!! Yay for Madoka Magica comment! I LOVE THAT SHOW! The story and characters are seriously sooo GOOD!
Johnedel Tok My viewing of animation is not limited to Japanese animation :P
+Cool hahahaha IK bro XD
I once had a story about a group of triplets raised like royalty. They had private tutors and constantly spoke formally, to each other and other people. I hadn't even noticed that they never spoke informally until someone else pointed it out to me. And at this time the triplets were teenagers, so their formal language baffled some people lol.
When I was younger I spoke ancient Arabic while my African family spoke Sudanese arabic , for some reason I sometimes say ancient words to this day in arabic...I sound poetic at time
im trying my hand on writing again so im gonna use this. thank you!
This is one of my favourite TED eds.
These look more like stalking skills.. just sayin'
Are you sure? Stalking goes as far as peeping through the person's window while they sleep. Listening to people's conversations isn't uncommon, actually (I do it all the time as an ambivert)
*eavesdropping
@@HandleDisliker errrr What ?
@@g.chatterjee2296 What are you confused about?
How do you know that?
1. kulak misafirliği
2. hayali insanları gerçek varsaymak
3. kendi kendine mırıldanmak ve her şeyi yazmak.
Somehow #3 was more helpful than any writing advice guide I've ever found online.
Maybe now I can stop sucking at writing dialogue.
Thank you for making them anti social. I love coming back to ted's old videos :)
when i don't know what to do i pretend to be the character. i totally brainwash myself
...amazing.
I've mostly been bad at writing but after I've watched this video its helped me.
I'm just happy they used the word "antisocial" properly. It's surprising how many people get "asocial" and "antisocial" mixed up...
what do you mean start to hear voices in my head I hear voices in my head all the time and one of them says do believe her
but there also one that says the moon is cheese I believe it
but I don't trust frank i never trust Frank
FRANK IS EVIL
Though Frank be like "trust me"
(plz tell me anyone got this)
This made my day. XD
CockieCat why did I thought about mcr? :v
Flo Valencia bc that was my intention :D
By the end I was all like "So you are encouraging us to go mad?"
Great authors have made up hundreds of imaginary realistic charactors and write books on one chapter of their lives
Beautifully done. Thank you!
I already do all that except I don't write it down
Me muttering to myself while writing a cyberpunk novel.
My mom : oh lord...
It's time to try your method improving my writing skills.
Oh dude today's animated is appreciative
"How to hear voices in your head"
Oh I already hear them.
i dont mutter to my self i write masterpieces. My brother thinks I am crazy, but I am actually just pretending to be my characters for a upcoming book. If you dont try it out, you can't see if it sounds natural. XD
A even better way is to get friends together to read aloud the dialogue, change it to sound more natural, make the descriptions more detailed, add script timings, and ****it just write a screenplay.
i talk to myself lol, i find pep talk quite encouraging because really no one else understands me more than myself.
Wow, this is incredibly helpful. Thanks!
*"If you're a writer, you may already have a few of these"*
1- eavesdrop (for inspiration)
2- pretend imaginary people are real (think about their looks, caracters& actions)
3- mutter to yourself and write it down (use simple language, keep it short& let the dialogue do the work)
Good to know I already do all those things! That means I'm on the right way!
This is best lesson yet!!
I eavesdrop in class and everyone yells at me for replying and I speak to my self when I write. I just don't have number two!
+Rachel Likes To Smile you dont have poop?
Mostly all it takes to write well is to take time, effort, and criticism.
This video is... ee OK; but really - being anti-social can help a lot. That's the only way you'll notice the craziness of this world. Otherwise everything is normal for you.
A good example is one of my favorite songs - "Behind Blue Eyes" by Pete Townshend.
The average automaton wouldn't ever write a masterpiece like this.
I already use most of these on a regular basis. When I am considering a plot, I will act every part and try it out about 5 times before I reach the point where I start writing. As I near the end of this process (rev. 3 or so) I will find myself inadvertently narrating the story and providing descriptions of events and such.
Edit:
Perhaps I am strange, I have been told as much quite frequently, but I have found that my imagination is strong enough to allow me to 'see' in stories. For instance, I will be acting my story's plot when I reach a pivitol moment and I will stop and get my expression as correct as I can. It's almost as if I were looking in a special mirror that somehow took me and what I did and projected my expression, thoughts, and actions into the world of the story as the character I have invisioned.
This is very helpful, thank you so much!
This video got me sent to a psych ward.
"... or how to hear voices in your head" Me, who's alone: "Hey! That's mean!" to no one in particular
This is comforting.
Fantabulous! It is an honor meeting you in this bright age.
so u mean to say i was right in eavesdropping on my friends having sex
no, that's just made you a creep.
It's not eavesdropping if you didn't get caught c;
Andrew Danis, just read the comments on a Tracy Talks Trash video
Fuck why y'all think I can't get laid
I wonder what the dialogue would look like
So your saying I should be a writer? Okay!
Hey, you want to co-author a book? I do all the managing and planning and you do all the hard work. Is that fair? That sounds fair.
Completely. Can it be about alpacas? I want to be a flying alpaca when I go up.
I said I did the planning, managing and the editing. What part of that isn't clear?
All of it.
The Book no have not thes alpaca flying.
Handy techniques I haven't thought of!!
basically giving reasonable context to conversations u did eavesdrop
Why did that hockey player say aboot? Nobody says aboot.
Bashe I live in Canada
+Corbin Bishop HAHAHAHA. Owned him.
Maybe to people native to Canada, it sounds like aboot. You can't hear it because you live there. If you lived in Texas for a year and came back, you might hear the "aboot."
rosestar1324 No, we do not have an accent or say aboot, in fact you could not tell my voice apart from most Americans. You want to know how? We watch american television. You know nothing if you believe Canadians say "aboot". We say ow as in couch, snout, pout, shout. Not oo as in shoe or sue or do.
Corbin Bishop I have heard Canadians say aboot. And everyone has an accent because an accent is the way someone sounds when they talk. Anyone who says otherwise must not be properly educated.
".....Or how to hear voices in your head"
*Schizophrenia has entered the chat*