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?

  • rage_bitch@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    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!

    • DMforOpinions@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      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?