Quote: sootyj @ March 7 2012, 1:51 PM GMTBut believing you have the ability to read peoples inner thoughts and emotions, that's not a healthy thought pattern usually.
That's not what he was saying though, more that he is sensitive to peoples moods, quirks, body language etc.
Quote: sootyj @ March 7 2012, 1:49 PM GMTYou do know EI is absolute bollocks?
But believing you have the ability to read peoples inner thoughts and emotions, that's not a healthy thought pattern usually.
I must admit I'm quoting someone said to me that I had a fairly high EI, but I don't have the grounding to be able to debate the qualities of EI - it was a throw away comment really.
I'm not saying I can read peoples thoughts and emotions, I think that's slightly unfair to say I claimed that. But it's probably because I didn't explain myself properly. All I'm saying is it seems I'm slightly more sensitive to individual characteristics. I'm not making a bold statements, but like having a strong mathematical mind can help you see solutions to problems other people can't, having more of an analytical mind can help you see how situations will play out, or the potential thereof.
Wasn't EI, ET's brother from Cornwall?
Quote: Shandonbelle @ March 7 2012, 1:55 PM GMTThat's not what he was saying though, more that he is sensitive to peoples moods, quirks, body language etc.
Aha! Someone gets it! I thought I was mentally unwell for a second there.
Quote: sootyj @ March 7 2012, 1:51 PM GMTI kinda agree and MarcP's spent longer in the Amazon charts than a Brazilian pop starlette.
I'm not arguing with others credentials, just exploring different ways of working, hence why I started this debate (for the record)
Quote: sootyj @ March 7 2012, 1:57 PM GMTWasn't EI, ET's brother from Cornwall?
Nice
I don't percieve people.
We're all just loosely connected atoms, infact that's all anything is.
OK, so this whole thread has kind of dissipated out now. I was just curious if anyone else here finds being overanalytical helps with writing/is a burden. I guess not, and that's cool, but I was just curious for the debate.
I just write notes on people in front of them, then I don't feel burdened by sneakiness 
Yeh but it takes ages to wash your scribbles off.
I'm avoiding you the next time you have a biro.
Ok I appreciate I may have come accross slightly odd (by some of the feedback) and maybe I am, I guess not many people are as over analytical as I am. Ah well ce la vie
I'd like to express regret about not making one anus related pun in this whole thread.
Quote: DeathbyMonkey @ March 7 2012, 12:51 PM GMTOk, this is just me musing on my own life but I've always found that I had a certain skill to writing, which all stems from my perception of detail (not necessarily within by punctuation and grammar) on the human condition. I mean just the other day I could tell an old friend I hadn't spoken to in about a year had a new girlfriend just from the way he said hello (not that impressive perhaps). It's great for writing three-dimensional characters and character development because you get very good at reading people, but sometimes the things you see aren't great for your own sense of self. I guess what I wanted to ask is does anyone else find this? Focussing trying to become a better writer forces you to observe more, and thus see the sides of human nature perhaps you'd rather avoid? Does that make sense, or does it just sound like nonsense?
Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.
Quote: DeathbyMonkey @ March 7 2012, 1:49 PM GMTSorry Marc but I disagree, take Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany, a brilliant writer but he couldn't have written such a believable character as Holly Golightly without basing on actual people, and understanding these people then developing such an indepth, rounded and broken person. At least that's what I got from it, I think focusing on the universal gives you an overview, whereas the devil is in the detail, and the detail is those complex little quirks of the human condition. But then you may be right and it's something for me to consider.
I suppose it is something to do with the the difference between portraiture and 'Art'. You put you head in another man's mind as a writer not necessarily his trousers. Detail is good of course, but it is the skeleton that supports the plot and etc. Mayhew versus Dickens versus Tolstoy I guess?
You seem to be seeking inspiration from observing and looking outside of yourself, I was simply suggesting that the look within might be a more useful tool.
I see, I misunderstood you. And in that sense your absolutely right, try and find my own voice rather than parroting others.
I am a very misunderstood person, but unfortunately not by my wife. Well fiancee!
I can be over analytical, and I people watch a lot, and I do agree that probably is quite common among writers. I don't see it as a problem though. It helps if anything.
What the heck is EI by the way?