This is something I’ve been wondering about for awhile. If there is something you do, perhaps in secret, do you feel a reader should pick up on that? Do they? Do they and not mention it?
I’ll give an example. I have practiced candle magic for many years. Just a part of my culture. I have NEVER had a reader mention it to me before even though the results I get align with their predictions.
I would think a reader would see it, tell me it’s helping, don’t do it, whatever but no one has. So do they see and not mention it or do they not get it at all?
Another example, I have a couple of terrible coping strategies for anxiety. No one has gotten that. Maybe Cookie the closest.
I mean, I don’t expect a reader to say, “hey, Jane, I see you bite your toenails, knock it off.”
But do you think readers intentionally avoid things? Do they skip over what doesn’t matter? Or is it the most likely scenario which is they don’t see it?
And I’m gearing this question more towards no tools/clairvoyant type readers.