Visual stimulus

Michael W. Davis

Davisstories.com

I'm extremely visual. Yeah, I know as a guy by nature we react to visual stimulus, but when it comes to information exchange, I adsorb the most by video format. When I read text I retain 10% but when I watch a video I'll hold 50% to 70% of the material. That’s why when I saw my first video trailer for a friend’s book, my first thought was "How cool" (I still use that word from my days as a hippie in the sixties).

I watched about a dozen book videos and noticed many focused on text about the storyline or provided an audio overlay where the author read a blurb or short excerpt. I decided to take a different approach. I asked myself, "What would I like to know about some of my favorite books?" and it hit me. I've always wondered where in the world the authors come up with the story itself. It had to come from somewhere, how did he or she create the scenes? I decided to take the tact of conveying the Story behind the Story for my novels accompanied by photographs I used during writing the novel to form the images in mind. Here's an example of where the story FORGOTTEN CHILDREN came from. See what you think. I'll share two more video trailers on other books in the near future. Enjoy.






Big Mike
Michael W. Davis (Davisstories.com)
Author of the year, 2008

Blind Consent, “The answers are buried in the secrets of the past.”
Forgotten Children, “Only Sara knows the truth.”
Tainted Hero, “Sometimes good people do bad things.”
The Treasure, “A lonely heart can impair one’s judgment.”
Veil of Deception, “Sometimes the truth cuts deeper than a lie.”