imaging yourself in the book

[Tonya1000]

Do you ever imagine yourself in the book that your reading?

[misshapenskies]

Yes!! Hahaha, all the time. Sometimes I picture how I would feel in certain situations then write about it as though I was actually IN the book <-- or is that too wierd? xD

[deathscythe210]

i actually do that a lot, especially if i'm really, really into the book.

[P_catherine]

Oh yes, all the time! It's like a role-playing game where we become one with the character. But I can't say if the character I choose is similar to me or I admire her so much that I'd like to be like her..

[R. LeBeaux]

Definitely. If the writer is competent and creates believable characters, the reader should always be able to identify personally with one or more of them, even the “dark” or evil ones, since we all have a dark/evil side (though we often do not acknowledge it). The best of novelists should be able to make the story virtually swallow the reader, and make him/her feel as if they are actually experiencing the events in a novel.

[VMLM]

The best of novelists should be able to make the story virtually swallow the reader, and make him/her feel as if they are actually experiencing the events in a novel.

I always imagine myself in the novel-world of the book I'm reading.. I can't help it xD. But the only time this has happened to me was while I was reading Golden Compass...

Spoiler

When Lyra and Pantalaimon just barely escape being severed, I remember I could just feel as if a steel edge were about to cut off some part of my body.