02-16-2023, 09:13 AM | #31 |
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Yes, I do experience some sort of visual, auditory and sometimes smell and even taste feedback while reading. Generally not touch though - that could get creepy. But as others have said, it's not like a movie, or a VR set or something, I do not literally hear the characters speak. For me it's more like a memory of the event that forms as I'm reading and tends, as issybird described, to be something like snapshots.
Apropos of Karellen and hildea's comments about making up their own narratives: one of the reasons why I took up writing again (after decades away) is that I found I could get the same effect while writing. It's quite a buzz while it's working, but doesn't happen all the time. |
02-17-2023, 05:03 PM | #32 |
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No. I follow the plot, I want to know how it ends but I don't imagine places, people, etc.
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02-17-2023, 10:36 PM | #33 |
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There are many many thousands of people who write fanfiction, so ... you could just sign up to AO3 instead? Much cheaper than professional help.
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02-18-2023, 05:51 AM | #34 |
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Totally agree, a good author can paint a picture with words and that picture should appear in the mind.
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As for the images - I usually have a fuzzy picture in my mind of what a character, house, etc. looks like. No taste, smell or sound. I know in some past Mobileread discussion about visualization some people reported that they almost saw a movie in their head of what was going on in the book. I definitely don't have that. I can't visualize something like a fight scene and usually just skip over those. |
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02-22-2023, 07:58 AM | #37 |
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I like when the author gives a good description of the main characters at the beginning of a book.
It helps to make a connection to those characters throughout the story, and makes for a more enjoyable reading experience. It then plays out like a movie in my mind and I’m thoroughly hooked until the end. |
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When I was in elementary school the teachers often did this guided visualization thing where we'd lay down and close our eyes and they'd tell us to imagine something -- I hated that, it always seemed so pointless, but I wonder if others were having a very different experience than me. |
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I know, that's a really bizarre twist on the saying, "If you could only see things through someone else's eyes". It might make for a cool plot for a sci-fi novel. Actually seeing things through someone else's eyes, and the horror and confusion that may come from that. |
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plays out like a scene in a movie as i go along
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I've also wondered similarly about taste and food preferences. |
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