YOU ARE NOT OWED READERS

“There is no such thing as a failed test. You will learn every time you challenge yourself.”  - Marsha Blackburn

As you write, keep in mind that no one cares.

First, you have to make your readers take notice of you with a catchy title, 

absorbing cover blurb, 

and intriguing back cover copy. 

That is the easy part.  The hard part is just beginning.

The savvy writer knows he must keep reader interest at every point and go to whatever lengths it takes to grab and hold that interest.

Ask yourself: 

since my reader may have no interest in this,
 what do I have to do 
to conceive this story in an interesting way, 
to start off with an interesting premise
and to sustain that interest throughout my book?"

No one cares about you, about your book, about what you are writing about ...

Go on from there.

You must make them care by being riveting, 

by appealing to universal needs ... from chapter to chapter, never letting up.

When you finish one chapter, 

you must work to make the next even more interesting, building on what you have already written.

Keep it interesting,

knowing that there is a seductive world out there, 

calling to them to put down your book and come out and play in it.

Pick a storyline you care about.

If you care enough about something, you can more easily make it interesting.

What do you say in your head as you write?