AHA!!
I had one of those moments that REQUIRE documentation tonight while contemplating a cover for the Dollhouse mix that, really, is not nearly far enough along to merit such thoughts. Anyway. Not important.
The important part is this: I really start to struggle at the point where I can't follow a television show the way I read a book!!
I need to have the entire piece at my fingertips to pick up for as long as I can give to it, and then to leave until the next time I have a chance/inclination to pick it up. If I have to wait a week between episodes; if I have to search for an episode and don't have a guaranteed place where I'll be able to find it; even if it's a television show that I only watch with certain people and I don't see them very often...all of them lead to me forgetting key elements/suspense of the show, or feeling disconnected from it and fading away, or returning to the shows I know intimately and can read/write/meta in immediately.
Now, that's the epiphany. It doesn't mean it's the end point, in fact I hope it will be the starting point, since now that I know my current limitations I can tap into other motivations to get myself past them. But it does tell me a lot about what, exactly, it is that books have that television doesn't, the way I fan it right now.
Huh.
The important part is this: I really start to struggle at the point where I can't follow a television show the way I read a book!!
I need to have the entire piece at my fingertips to pick up for as long as I can give to it, and then to leave until the next time I have a chance/inclination to pick it up. If I have to wait a week between episodes; if I have to search for an episode and don't have a guaranteed place where I'll be able to find it; even if it's a television show that I only watch with certain people and I don't see them very often...all of them lead to me forgetting key elements/suspense of the show, or feeling disconnected from it and fading away, or returning to the shows I know intimately and can read/write/meta in immediately.
Now, that's the epiphany. It doesn't mean it's the end point, in fact I hope it will be the starting point, since now that I know my current limitations I can tap into other motivations to get myself past them. But it does tell me a lot about what, exactly, it is that books have that television doesn't, the way I fan it right now.
Huh.