In stories of places I have not seen, telling of experiences I have not gone through, imagination fits in somewhat blurred details, but often more enjoyably than stories of things I already knew. For instance, I have confused ideas of just what passes are made in a duel in The Three Musketeers, but it does not detract from the charm of the story.
I have no stock pictures of scenes, rather try to make them fit what the characters need.
My imagination works more freely in reading stories than in writing them.
Carl Clausen: I feel all of these things if the story is done well enough. Actual colors, I think. Always distinct. Did not study geometry to any extent. Limited to the author's description. No stock pictures so far as I am conscious. Difference when reading and writing? Can't answer this. Don't know for sure. I write by "ear." If these are tools, I don't know it.
Courtney Ryley Cooper: Unless I can see the story clearly and know the characters, the thing falls short with me. I feel that there is something either wrong with the author or myself.
Black and white.
Never got as far as solid geometry. Arithmetic was bad enough!
I reproduce myself and often "help" the author. If I don't like his setting, I make one of my own and go merrily on.
Individual.
I don't like description that is too minute. I feel like a kindergarten pupil.