Ene
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***THIS POST HAS BEEN EDITED TO MAKE IT MORE DIGESTABLE.
Please don't feel I'm asking you to answer all of the following questions/ponderings at one time or in one sitting or that I'm asking one person to feel obligated to respond to all of them. Let's just say that if you have insight on any of the questions whatsoever, pick the one that you feel you have knowledge of and share with me. Thank you for any amount of time and effort that you do contribute.
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I'm currently working on a science fiction trilogy and in so doing have begun to wonder how different cognitive functions are manifested during such an endeavor, which ones are responsible for success in different phases of the project.
What functions would be responsible for inventing and developing a language? [a language is a system with complex rules and many subtle nuances.]
Would these be the same functions responsible for building a number system, since they both are systems and many people view numbers as a language?
How about world-building, including an understanding of all the geographical features of a planet and how they interact and the impact and role they played upon the cultures arising on said planet? [would this also be a systems building]
Okay, and also, how about the cultures themselves? What functions would be responsible for building a planet with various cultures and religions and in the case of the religions and philosophies, keeping them cohesive and believable throughout the course of a novel?
Once the novel is written, the author must either become an entrepreneur and self-publish or become a literary salesperson and convince an existing company to buy the book. What cognitive functions come into play here?
Once the book is accepted by a publishing company then the author is often required to do his/her own marketing and must go out into the highways and hedges and sell the thing to the public [unless you land a deal with Random House or something]. This often entails getting up in front of crowds and speaking at events. It involves kissing babies and shaking hands, smiling and being polite. Sometimes, it involves climbing behind an guitar and belting out a tune or who knows what. It involves poetry nights and open mics, festivals and banquets, talking to professors and attending writer's workshops and on and on. Some writers come across as warm and approachable, energetic and human. Some come across as stiff and uncomfortable, distant and detached. What functions do you think is required to put an audience at ease and hold their interests? to sell books?
What do you value in a speaker? and what functions are responsible for those qualities that you value?
Please don't feel I'm asking you to answer all of the following questions/ponderings at one time or in one sitting or that I'm asking one person to feel obligated to respond to all of them. Let's just say that if you have insight on any of the questions whatsoever, pick the one that you feel you have knowledge of and share with me. Thank you for any amount of time and effort that you do contribute.
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I'm currently working on a science fiction trilogy and in so doing have begun to wonder how different cognitive functions are manifested during such an endeavor, which ones are responsible for success in different phases of the project.
What functions would be responsible for inventing and developing a language? [a language is a system with complex rules and many subtle nuances.]
Would these be the same functions responsible for building a number system, since they both are systems and many people view numbers as a language?
How about world-building, including an understanding of all the geographical features of a planet and how they interact and the impact and role they played upon the cultures arising on said planet? [would this also be a systems building]
Okay, and also, how about the cultures themselves? What functions would be responsible for building a planet with various cultures and religions and in the case of the religions and philosophies, keeping them cohesive and believable throughout the course of a novel?
Once the novel is written, the author must either become an entrepreneur and self-publish or become a literary salesperson and convince an existing company to buy the book. What cognitive functions come into play here?
Once the book is accepted by a publishing company then the author is often required to do his/her own marketing and must go out into the highways and hedges and sell the thing to the public [unless you land a deal with Random House or something]. This often entails getting up in front of crowds and speaking at events. It involves kissing babies and shaking hands, smiling and being polite. Sometimes, it involves climbing behind an guitar and belting out a tune or who knows what. It involves poetry nights and open mics, festivals and banquets, talking to professors and attending writer's workshops and on and on. Some writers come across as warm and approachable, energetic and human. Some come across as stiff and uncomfortable, distant and detached. What functions do you think is required to put an audience at ease and hold their interests? to sell books?
What do you value in a speaker? and what functions are responsible for those qualities that you value?
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