Published on 12, July, 2020
Hey all, I'm interested around the fact that its apparently difficult for those on the spectrum to image how characters in novels look like.
Does anyone on here struggle with this? If so, why?
Personally speaking in my case, the characters in books I read usually take the form of people in real life. A lot of this comes from actors in TV shows and films, but even people in my life can take the form of a character in my mind at times. I'm not sure if that can be considered an imaginary deficit, but I have no idea how neurotypical people can imagine entirely new human faces if that apparently is the case.
This is something I struggle with and one of the reasons why I don't read. Unless I can see the person then I don't know how they look and for me that takes the fun out of it for me as characters are obviously the main point and normally unique. I prefer TV and movies where I can see who's who.