In a recent conversation with Sir Emeth on this thread here, he suggested that I start a thread on the topic. So, what is the topic?
Have you ever noticed that some effects in movies are impossible to achieve in books? Such as being suddenly startled by a loud sound. A sound or event in a book can surprise you, but admit it, you never jump out of your skin. (That can happen, of course, when your mom or sister comes and says something when you're right in the middle of a tense part.
)And in books, we don't get the mood-altering effects of background music.
But:
Sometimes something in a book can have a very similar effect on you to what you would experience during a movie. You can be swept along, feeling what the character feels, doing what the character does, and walking away from the book---or out of the movie theater---in a sort of happy, shell-shocked daze, playing the scenes over and over in your head.
So I want to discuss that here. What books have gotten you so immersed that it was like watching a movie? How, exactly, did the author achieve it? (Do you know?) Have you managed to achieve it in any of your own writing?
(And did I get the topic right, O Sir?
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