Tuesday evening from: The Cottage of Blog
The Cottage of Blog
I got some research done this morning. I checked up on the Chicago Police Department website and downloaded some historical information and updated information concerning detectives. I'm still working on my city and/or town. I'm thinking I'd like a more medium size town, maybe suburban where the detective squad works as one unit (homicide, vice and organized crime) rather than fragments like in Chicago. Not, mind you, that it would make a great deal of difference except for maybe two to three sentences and maybe a conversation or two. But, you never know.
Speaking of research, I had an interview with a psychologist this afternoon after work. I was wondering about a specific diagnosis for the villain of the piece. We talked about the kind of background that would create his obsessive, possessive and abusive behavior.
I think I've found something. But the man definitely has a psychosis and his trigger was his beautiful young wife. (who's done nothing to him, by the way)
I'm committing one hour to working on this story tonight, then may go back into Marshall again and try and figure out Swain's interpretation of sections vs Marshall's. I'm confused. (so, what else is new? I'm always confused about something)
If this doesn't make sense, whenever you have three teachers teaching the same thing, they always seem to have different ways of presenting the material. All you have to do is look at our music department. We have five music teachers all teaching notation. We vary greatly on our presentations.
But, in music, a note cannot be called anything but a note (except when it's a pitch) a piano is definitely a piano except when its a keyboard, note values vary depending upon how long or short you hold it (except when it's a steady beat) Heh. I'm thinking about my poor kids learning a totally new language full of symbols. Because that's what music is. Symbols. Written on five lines and four spaces. There are notes that have stems, notes without stems, notes whos stems go up and down, stems that appear on the right side and stems that appear on the left side, noteheads that are shaded in and noteheads that are not shaded in. Poor kids.
No wonder they leave my class shaking their heads. I try to keep them laughing. It's the only way.
But, once they're handed that sheet music and there's some kind of "aha" moment, and all of a sudden they're playing a real tune, well folks, that makes it all worth while.
Not much different than writing a novel, is it? (well, maybe a little)
Happy reading, writing and revising from:
The Cottage of Blog
Pat
I got some research done this morning. I checked up on the Chicago Police Department website and downloaded some historical information and updated information concerning detectives. I'm still working on my city and/or town. I'm thinking I'd like a more medium size town, maybe suburban where the detective squad works as one unit (homicide, vice and organized crime) rather than fragments like in Chicago. Not, mind you, that it would make a great deal of difference except for maybe two to three sentences and maybe a conversation or two. But, you never know.
Speaking of research, I had an interview with a psychologist this afternoon after work. I was wondering about a specific diagnosis for the villain of the piece. We talked about the kind of background that would create his obsessive, possessive and abusive behavior.
I think I've found something. But the man definitely has a psychosis and his trigger was his beautiful young wife. (who's done nothing to him, by the way)
I'm committing one hour to working on this story tonight, then may go back into Marshall again and try and figure out Swain's interpretation of sections vs Marshall's. I'm confused. (so, what else is new? I'm always confused about something)
If this doesn't make sense, whenever you have three teachers teaching the same thing, they always seem to have different ways of presenting the material. All you have to do is look at our music department. We have five music teachers all teaching notation. We vary greatly on our presentations.
But, in music, a note cannot be called anything but a note (except when it's a pitch) a piano is definitely a piano except when its a keyboard, note values vary depending upon how long or short you hold it (except when it's a steady beat) Heh. I'm thinking about my poor kids learning a totally new language full of symbols. Because that's what music is. Symbols. Written on five lines and four spaces. There are notes that have stems, notes without stems, notes whos stems go up and down, stems that appear on the right side and stems that appear on the left side, noteheads that are shaded in and noteheads that are not shaded in. Poor kids.
No wonder they leave my class shaking their heads. I try to keep them laughing. It's the only way.
But, once they're handed that sheet music and there's some kind of "aha" moment, and all of a sudden they're playing a real tune, well folks, that makes it all worth while.
Not much different than writing a novel, is it? (well, maybe a little)
Happy reading, writing and revising from:
The Cottage of Blog
Pat
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