tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9014610743273803857.post871467417494515784..comments2023-11-03T09:42:56.276-06:00Comments on The Blog That Helps You Diagnose Your Characters: Aphasia:Author Joshua Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01256754228034053632noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9014610743273803857.post-41689636075052685632011-05-23T08:40:31.687-06:002011-05-23T08:40:31.687-06:00I learned about aphasias when I was studying lingu...I learned about aphasias when I was studying linguistics. The one that fascinated me the most was transcortical aphasia, where a person only repeats what is said to them, without any apparent understanding. I wrote a flash fiction story from the POV of a character with that condition.Stephanie Mhttp://steph-wordbyword.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9014610743273803857.post-74135322793284386922011-05-22T11:30:15.377-06:002011-05-22T11:30:15.377-06:00I just came to your site via J. L. Campbell's....I just came to your site via J. L. Campbell's. What an interesting site! I was writing a novel once where someone had a stroke and spent hours in the library reading up on symptoms.Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9014610743273803857.post-12025723492861342852011-05-21T14:03:06.523-06:002011-05-21T14:03:06.523-06:00Hi, just read your email. Sadly my husband passed ...Hi, just read your email. Sadly my husband passed away 13 yrs ago from the brain cancer,<br />You wasn't to know and I am past the grieving process, just proud to have been married to a wonderful man.<br />Yvonne.RHYTHM AND RHYMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386975261804630799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9014610743273803857.post-31704683708172087242011-05-21T13:41:01.925-06:002011-05-21T13:41:01.925-06:00I think determining how much is too much depends o...I think determining how much is too much depends on what kind of weaknesses the MC has, what's motivating the character, and what the disability means to the others in the story. I read a book where the character was immobile and had seizures (<i>Stuck In Neutral</i> by Terry Trueman) yet he could think just as well as someone normal--with a great contrast between how he appeared to others and what he himself thought.Golden Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721520451194318436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9014610743273803857.post-52975366190165336632011-05-21T10:27:19.156-06:002011-05-21T10:27:19.156-06:00I'm glad I stumbled back here to see how you w...I'm glad I stumbled back here to see how you were doing. I watched the video. I knew music had power, they use it for Alzheimer patients and God only knows what else. I was amazed at the video. In my book, Bum's Rush, one of my main characters has a severe stutter. His form of communication is signing. Wouldn't it have been interesting to use Aphasia instead. I wouldn't change it, it worked for my purposes. Mil Tillis, you may or may not remember or know, country music star, had a severe stutter and sang like a bird. That always impressed me. Thanks for this inspirational moment.Elizabeth McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08769477449767726442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9014610743273803857.post-30746122418332682672011-05-21T06:30:34.013-06:002011-05-21T06:30:34.013-06:00I appreciate this is not due to a stroke but my la...I appreciate this is not due to a stroke but my late husband had brain cancer and quite suddenly the only word he could say was "YES"<br />Why that particular word I don't know. Months later I met somone whose daughter-in - law had the same illness and her only word was "YES" also. Very strange perhaps it was due to the area of the brain I don't know.<br /><br />Yvonne.RHYTHM AND RHYMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386975261804630799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9014610743273803857.post-51127817525971098442011-05-21T05:41:09.071-06:002011-05-21T05:41:09.071-06:00This one (it's mine, and I'm sorry to &quo...This one (it's mine, and I'm sorry to "spam" it - I don't usually do this, promise, but it seemed to fit) includes dyslexia: Perfect Score by Susan Roebuck. It's set in 1960s when not much was known about the condition.<br />It's interesting to have some sort of disability because the MC can show his/her courage and strength overcoming such problems. And gain readers' sympathy :) Nice post - I'd love to hear more of disabilities in literature, so I'll keep popping back. (I'll also put up a link on FB to you).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09186491465911432817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9014610743273803857.post-6644970003728351642011-05-20T19:53:19.526-06:002011-05-20T19:53:19.526-06:00i think that jodi picoult does a masterful job of ...i think that jodi picoult does a masterful job of weaving weakness in her characters and would be well worth studying...i have read all her books...she has several where one of the characters has autism or another debilitating disease...anyway that is my 2 cents for the night...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com