Unlocking the Secret Cinema Inside Your Mind: How Stories Play on Your Brain’s Screen
These were all great writers, yes. But they were writing with a different purpose—to create a storyteller in their reader’s brain. And it worked. If you read a classic novel written in the 19th century, you’ll hear a storyteller in your brain. But you won’t see a movie in your brain. You’ll see some clips of a movie, yes, but those clips will be interspersed with still-life paintings, essays, and audio voiceover by the author. The exact mix will depend on the 19th-century author.
But 21st-century readers want more movie clips, fewer paintings, fewer essays, fewer voiceovers. They just do.
