Booking Through Thursday
Once again I have decided to take a break from Thursday Thirteens to participate in Booking Through Thursday. After a particularly stressful week (thank goodness Friday is coming), I’d rather answer some questions than think of a thirteen list.
I think you can all understand, right? Right. That’s what I thought. So please let me know if you are also participating in Booking Through Thursday by leaving your links in the comments section of this post.
On to the question!
Books and films both tell stories, but what we want from a book can be different from what we want from a movie. Is this true for you? If so, what’s the difference between a book and a movie?
The bottom line for me with either a book or a movie is I want to be swept away. I want the medium to use all the weapons in its arsenal to take me to a different place.
The difference between a book and a movie is the way they do this.
A movie can give you the sights, sounds, colours, and characters right there up on the screen. While you might think this would make it easier, that’s not always the case. Because it’s all presented to me right away, the story needs to be strong enough to engage me or I’m not going to pay attention.
Books have a few more ways to engage me, either with some description or other imagination-inspiring devices. I become engaged simply through the act of imagining how it all looks and what’s happening.
This can’t save a poor story, of course, but it is a less complicated way to make me pay attention.
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