I used to be a visualizer. At around the age of 8-12 I could imagine a movie in my mind as I read. Once I read an entire 500 page book, one which was relatively high level for and 8 year old, in a single day. Unfortunantly, I don’t to do that anymore despite being an older, more experienced reader. I slowly push the pages and subvocalize. it takes me a few weeks to read 500 pages. I don’t know what changed my mindset. It’s a lot less satisfying to read this way. Does anyone have tips about how to active a mental movie while reading?
Ooh! Another thing I would recommend, which might seem strange, but try reading a couple young adult books in a genre you enjoy! I had a children’s lit class recently where I had to read quite a few young adult novels. The writing in these books and the storytelling has improved greatly since I was of that age group. The stories are engaging but usually less verbose than adult fiction which makes it much easier to form that mental picture. It’s a good way to get those juices flowing again before you move on to other books!
So weird you not getting any upvotes or replies this was so useful. Thanks so much! I just loaded nytimes bestsellers and spiegel (german) bestsellers into my reader and have a lot of other months too i been just collecting not reading, any tip for a good current book to start with?
Thank you! I hope these help!
What are your favorite genres?