When someone reads a book

[Marthe48]

and there is a description of the setting, such as the interior layout of the house, I just wondered how much people rely on their memories to picture the setting they are reading about? And how much do they rely on their imagination?

I guess with television and movies, it is far easier for readers to imagine what the setting might look like.

[Polly Hennessey]

1. I will put the book down and imagine the scene.

I love doing this as it takes me into the world I am reading about. Definitely no speed reading here.

[Marthe48]

5. I was reading an Inspector Morse story

and drew a diagram of the hotel floor, to better picture it.

I've been lucky to be in all sorts of homes, buildings and so on, and I can remember details. I was thinking of a series of books I read set in Maine. The main character is a game warden named Mike Bowditch. There are several descriptions of his small house, and between the description written, and memory of small cottages I've been in, I imagined what it might look like. It was a blend of details the author had included and memories that came to mind.

[CommonHumanity]

2. imagination - nt

[samplegirl]

3. I love a good description.

Reading the Book theif a few years ago was just perfect as she including a vivid description each chapter.
I love that.

[MuseRider]

4. Imagination.

[Martin68]

6. It is a combination. The same way dreams take the components of memories and put them together in

novel ways. That's what imagination is.

[cbabe]

7. An orthodontist once asked me how I knew what to do when

directing a play.

I asked: Don’t you have a little movie running in your head when you read a book?

He said: No.

[Marthe48]

8. Concrete thinking

Or maybe they just read orthodonists' manuals.

[cbabe]

9. Yep. Everyone has a place in the choir. I don't do teeth. Ha.

[Marthe48]

10. Very true