Listening is not merely hearing, it is receiving the message that is being sent to you. Listening is reacting. Listening is being affected by what you hear. Listening is letting it land before you react. Listening is letting your reaction make a difference. Listening is active.
Michael ShurtleffEveryone thinks romance is weak. Yet romance is everyone's secret dream-it's why we're alive.
Michael ShurtleffWhatever you decide is your motivation in the scene, the opposite of that is also true and should be in it.
Michael Shurtleff