The Word Cloud

Perception

Perception; I think that’s what writing may be all about; someone’s perception of a book/film can differ immensely.

For instance; we are told the importance of letter writing; especially anything that may have a legal consequence; the spelling; and punctuation must be spot on; or the letter may have numerous meanings; due to how it is percept.

We could for instance; get two people to read the same chapter of a book at the same time; in the same room; when they have finished ; ask them both to write down any thoughts they may have about the book; I can guarantee that they will be miles apart; so how can this be?

You have probably in the past put in for promotion at work; and in to days world you have to complete some form that is based on fairness; ethnic; etc; it is then marked using set criteria’s and don’t it make you mad when someone else gets the job and you know you are the right person.

I’m getting a bit lost in all of this; we are told how important the first chapter of a book is; so should our first chapter be written with the readers perception in mind; then once we have them hooked we can write this fantastic story we all have; and hopefully the reader will read the story that we want them to; and see it like we do; the best novel ever.

Now this gets a bit more complicated; our brain is divided into two hemispheres, the right and the left, just as we favour the right or left hand, we also favour the right, or left hemisphere of our brain, the left hemisphere interprets details and reasoning, while the right hemisphere interprets information through visual or creative cues; so; if we can write our book for the majority and not the minority; perhaps we can come up with a best seller; but how difficult and mind bending is that going to be?

Just a thought!