Covert Hypnosis
There are just some books that can capture someone’ imagination to such an extent that the words can transport the reader to far and away places, actually feel the emotions of the characters, to actually see the places that the character sees. Are the authors using subliminal messages and covert Conversational hypnosis ideas in writing books?
If by covert Conversational hypnosis one means the ability to manipulate words and make it read in such a way that makes the imagination of the reader get swept away into the world of daydreams, then yes, they do. But is that really the term to use? Is that really the technique that is being utilized? The answer remains elusive for someone who is not only a talented writer, but an actual manipulator of words. No not this one, the authors who are in the New York Times Bestseller Lists, that’s who!
Take for example J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of the Lord of the Rings series. I do not think he was even familiar with covert Conversational hypnosis and the like. To recall, he wasn’t one who believed in Conversational hypnosis. He was a devout Christian who was just one heck of a talented writer, one who could manipulate words and make them into messages that the brain could easily transform into vivid imagination. If he was told that he was using subliminal messages and covert hypnosis ideas in writing books, I would think that he would violently react to that idea.
Authors like Danielle Steele, J. R. Ward, David Eddings, or even Anne McCaffrey are authors who became highly successful in their craft of authoring words that can actually seep into the imagination of the reader to such an extent that those who read them actually demand that their novels be turned into movies. There are some that really did get translated into movies, and yet the readers were disappointed. It was just not the same. There lacked a certain ‘it’ that somehow got lost in the translation.
Another highly anticipated author of books is the famous Stephenie Meyer who wrote Twilight Saga. No book has captured the hearts and minds of millions of young and adult women the world over. And yet, the books were not written in the style of Tolkien, or Eyre, the words are simple, not even imaginative. So what has made it into a phenomenon? Was the author using subliminal messages and covert Conversational hypnosis ideas in writing books? The author would be the first to cry foul as she is a Mormon, one religion that absolutely abhors the idea of hypnotism. She’ll be the first to say, it was talent, pure unadulterated talent, and nothing else.