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In This issue... Engage your Reader - by Bruce L. Cook
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Bruce L. Cook
Engage your Reader
Writer, does your novel create an ideal world, perhaps one which describes an event, place or experience?.... (continued below)
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Engage your Reader
by Bruce L. Cook
Writer, does your novel create an ideal world, perhaps one which describes an event, place or experience? Then a reviewer pops your bubble, telling you the book is boring. Nothing happening.
That can result when the protagonist faces problems that are inconsequential. For a bad example, the protagonist is just living near a beach and meeting with friends once in a while. Please compare this with a character who finds a cadaver on the beach and is credibly accused of murder.
Generally, think of a character whose life is utterly challenged by another person, environment, or animal.
In those cases, readers become so engaged it is impossible to put the book down.
If a boring story is your problem, bless your protagonist with an unsolvable problem.
Then solve it!
--Bruce Cook, Publisher, Reservebooks.com
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Publishing New Writers,
July, 2022 (vol. 23, no.7)
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