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Originally Posted by MrBlueSky
Most genre fiction is formalistic. You can spot and skip forward pages of filler and not miss any of the salient details of the story.
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I have to read every word - I just couldn't bring myself to skip, it wouldn't feel right to me.
Filling in the gaps the writer leaves out is what I miss if I try reading quickly.
I end up 'watching' the story, rather than 'inhabiting' it.