“How, then, does the written word work? What part of a reader absorbs it - or should that be a double question: what part of a reader absorbs what part of a text? I think that underneath, or alongside, a reader's conscious response to a text, whatever is needy in him is taking in whatever the text offers to assuage that need.” ReaderResponseNeedReadersTextAbsorbAssuage Book:Somewhere Towards The End Source: Somewhere Towards The End
“Writing shouldn't come between the reader and what's being described. It should be as transparent as possible.” ShouldWritingReaderTransparent Author:Diana Athill
