Authors - Bring your reader with you

I love how a good book can take you away to another place, on another journey through another person's story.

It is the author's job to bring the reader along on the journey with your characters as they make their way through struggles and triumphs, love and loss. I try to keep a broad group of readers in my head when I write and keep their varied age groups and interests in mind as I construct my sentences and paragraphs.

Don't leave out the grandmother when you tell of young love, and don't ignore the teenager in a passage about death. Let young and old celebrate your characters' birthdays and weddings, discoveries and confusions together.

 

The best way to do that is to write your characters with depth and strength - even if they are weak. I've found the conversations and thoughts of my characters have always had more impact with readers than a description of their hair colour or body build.

 

Help your readers to intimately know your characters and care about them. Your readers will not be disapppointed and a wonderful journey will occur for all.