The Importance of Making Readers Care - podcast

The key to writing a page-turner is to make readers care about your characters. At least that's what the late Hollywood icon Stan Lee believed. Lee, creator of Spider-Man, Hulk, Fantastic Four, and X-Men, discusses how to make readers care, and he stresses the importance of creating believable characters. Even in a fictitious world, characters must be credible and believable. Other key aspects to making readers care about your book include writing what you would enjoy reading and knowing the market in which you write. This insightful interview will encourage and inspire you to write the book within you.
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  • Thank you for this, it makes sense to me now that what I am writing there are others that will like this!
  • I started writing for creative heroic role-paying games when I was 18, I am now 46 and can relate to what Mr Lee says about reading as much of the genre as you can. this way, your creative story will flow with similar rhythms to the overall genre; and become believable, I am about to publish my first long awaited novel, and realised I should have done this about twenty years ago..
  • Yes there are millions of people like me, who live in a world of cats, which is what my book is about, and I do enjoy writing and reading about them. Thank you for your words..
  • I appreciate your comments about writing from your own frame of mind, and your humility in sharing the sometimes, not so obvious truth that "there must be millions of other people that have the same taste." This brings me back to the place of acceptance of the creativity that is within me, and encourages me to be what God created me to be and enjoy the process. It is fun being a writer. I am new at the process of publishing a book and look forward to all that I will learn. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. Joie Hancock
  • Great words