What connects with readers as impacting writing?
Being a journalist, I have the fortune to sneak into readers mind. I can say with all humility that a reader and a natural person may not be the same person. It seems the very instinct of reading lands oneself into a consciousness, which is a decisive position of mind, as against a floating subconscious indecisiveness, which a normal person is usually in. A reader may be in a particular blend of emotion and mood and that somehow decides his or her pickings. When a reader picks up something, the writing may not be up to his or her belief and resolve but it needs to be of the shade, which matches his or her current consciousness positioning. When a writing and reader are in linearity of emotions, words percolate deep down in the mind and journeys long. If the writing is successful in connecting with contemporary emotional situationalism of the reader, it has its worth. On its part, the writer has to be always sure; he or she is on the right side of honesty and innocence.
How best a reader can extract from a reading?
Reading is not usually a liberal and neutral positioning of mind consciousness. It may have a tilt, preoccupation and particularistic blend of mood need. However, I very humbly believe, reading is best rewarding when we go to a book and accept it with neutral mind. I would rather say, if one goes for some book, which is completely out of the usual preference of a reader and reads it with open and receptive mind, it could be of larger and better utility. We are what we are in our normal life. Reading is our opportunity to extend and upgrade the horizon of our consciousness. That is why, picking up something, which is not usual conscious choice of a person, can be very rewarding. Reading adds to a person’s consciousness and a person leads oneself to versatility through readership choices.
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