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Originally Posted by anacreon
I once in a while get jarred when reading, especially inside descriptions. For instance somebody lying in bed speaks about a window or a door, and I realize I'd been unconsciously thinking the bed in another position respective to them. Is this what you call visualizing?
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For me, yes, that's how I visualize. I was once several books into a series when the author decided to get more specific with the description of the main character's kitchen as more action took place there in that book. It really messed me up because I'd already had the entire house locked in my head for ages with all the missing details filled in by my imagination, and suddenly the kitchen wasn't as I'd pictured it. In fact, it was nearly backwards. I ended up forcing myself to pretend it had been remodeled between books just so I would stop being pulled up short by the differences.
I'm rarely consciously perceiving the words on the page when I read, it's a movie in my head.