You know what I’ve realised? I can’t read. Well, I can, but not informational texts that well. I’ve found that if it’s all just facts, I can’t create an imaginary world in my head whilst reading, information ceases to unravel in my brain. I find myself sitting there, empty minded while my eyes read the words on screen, and that’s as far as they get. Sometimes an interesting metaphor will be included in the reading, and I suddenly become engaged as I create an imaginary world for this certain metaphor to live in, in my head. I suppose as I’m reading I could summarise each section and create my own story that fits the certain information, or I could research for other texts related to the concept. Or I could just suck it up for 3 years and force myself to read, there’s worse things in the world than that.
