What does a reader read?
The reader reads his own mind in whatever he reads। In anything that challenges the limits of the projection of his mind, he finds a challenging read.
A true reader is always on the lookout for writings that are appealing and enriching to the accumulated whole of his experience - his mind. A writing without such personal appeal or character is something that is read only mechanically, without really listening to what it "says."
Successful writing is always writing created by a single mind because good writing that appeals always has a character and is characterized by an individual vision and style. Vision and style combine to form character or voice as it is often called. It is the writer's voice that prompts the writer employ certain ideas, words and phrases and combinations of these. It reflects a unique expression of soul, the voice, that transforms writing, otherwise a mere collection of words, into a thought.
A satisfied reader, having read this thought, may not respond to the writer - the physical person - as he already finds himself in tune and in a satisfying dialog with the "voice" of the writing।
This is my humble addition to the possible explanations of Warnock's dilemma.
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