Thread: Book imagery

Our minds don't just make images and scenes in our dreams. When we read or hear stories our minds come up with imagery. So after i read a book when i look back on what i read i don't remember the words i read i remember the images my mind came up with. So when multiple people read a book they all would know and could discuss the plot but the images they produced in there heads while reading are all unique. So how much different can 1 book be to many different people? I thought this would be worth mentioning and bringing to peoples attention.

I think books with alot of baroquery and confusion can really differ the imagery between people. I haven't read H.P Lovecraft yet, but I hear some people have a hard time getting a clear picture of what he writes, purely because his writing is just so old fashioned and hard to read compared to modern books.

There are books which explain what the character sees, and ones that explain what the things actually are. For example, how does one explain that they saw a spider if they don't know what a spider looks like? They'll come up with this description that people will imagine, but will have different outcomes. To get a truly great sense of immersion and certainty to avoid confusion, I think a comfortable mix between these two is necessary.

Pretty hard to explain, but I tried