IMO, a good writer should be able to light up the reader's imagination. If you come across the line "It's such a beautiful day." in a novel,how would you imagine it?I would imagine it to be a cloudy autumn day(whether we have cloudy days in autumn is another debate :) ) with a light breeze blowing;ground covered with golden leaves,the sun hidden by the clouds,a few rays just striking the distant hilltops. Someone might imagine it to be a bright sunny day, a perfect day for swinging in a hammock under the shade of a tree, reading a book.
If the writer had written "Its such a lovely rainy day",then it somehow restricts the scope of your imagination.This might not be always true, but in some scenarios it would be better if the writer just lets the reader's imagination run loose.
And I believe this is why LOTR, movie,is popular because Peter Jackson added his own colors to Tolkien's magnificent canvas.
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These words have actually come of experiance.
I am sure the first one is apt for me. And I am sure I am only trying to make the second one apt. :)
very true.
i'm not sure if u can make us imagine but yes, certainly ur posts does make us think.
IMO, a good writer should be able to light up the reader's imagination.
If you come across the line "It's such a beautiful day." in a novel,how would you imagine it?I would imagine it to be a cloudy autumn day(whether we have cloudy days in autumn is another debate :) ) with a light breeze blowing;ground covered with golden leaves,the sun hidden by the clouds,a few rays just striking the distant hilltops.
Someone might imagine it to be a bright sunny day, a perfect day for swinging in a hammock under the shade of a tree, reading a book.
If the writer had written "Its such a lovely rainy day",then it somehow restricts the scope of your imagination.This might not be always true, but in some scenarios it would be better if the writer just lets the reader's imagination run loose.
And I believe this is why LOTR, movie,is popular because Peter Jackson added his own colors to Tolkien's magnificent canvas.
@Amit
Bang on target! That's what I meant by making readers imagine what the writer imagines.. but yes, not with out the right expression :)
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