Roxanne

Bad reading is a new concept I have been trying to develop. Traditionally how people read is to think in linear terms. To put together different parts of a story. The elements of the story, such as plot and theme, all connect to send one message. Bad reading could be a different form of reading. It could be the preferred style of reading that those who struggle with reading could enjoy and succeed at doing. Bad reading could be taking each part of a story in, registering it, and then taking away a specific message (but only from that section of the story). When you read “badly” your not putting together all the different parts of the story and creating one central theme, message, or even story. Bad reading could be reading a novel and deciding to read it like a collection of stories, poetry, or prose. Each section could have an individual message that speaks to the reader. One could read even just to enjoy the language and not even registering the meaning of the work. One word could spark a thought and take a reader into their stream of consciousness and the reader could lose their identity and sense of self, an experience that Shelley Jackson praises.