Visibility

"Moveti lume che nel ciel s'informa"

"You are moved by a light that is formed in heaven" -Dante

What is it that sparks the imagination? Where do the images in our heads come from? Some suggest that they come from images that we've seen before and they are just reproductions or modifications of what we've already experienced. Some even go so far to say that the images in our imaginations come from God Himself. Wherever they come from, it is our job as writers to write in such a way to spark our intended image in our audience's brain. We need to make our intent visible. We need to write so that readers can connect the images we are portraying into a logical sequence and enhance the story we are producing. I know that when I read novels, there are common images that I think of when houses or people are described and most commonly these places and people are things that I have seen before. I believe that it's our job as writers to write in such as way as to produce new and original images in our readers' minds and to make our intents plainly visible.