Writing Tips For Effectively Captivating Books

By Cherry Mercer


Perhaps every aspiring writer has an ultimate dream to have his stories published and reach out a wider audience. However, this feat is easier said than done. The personalities and interests of a person varies unarguably. Thus, it is challenging to come up with a storyline that can captivate its readers. Not to mention the close competition in the industry. In order to write captivating books, you need to hone your writing skills.

The key to captivate your audience relies on your style of writing. Show them what the picture is like. Do not just narrate. Instead of relaying the main character's delight, it is best to reveal his pleasure by describing the details. Similar to painting, the picture may look exactly the same but the way one strokes the brush makes a difference on how the picture appears.

Maintain a good understanding of the location. This can enhance your story line, improve the reader's sense of memory and help them imagine better. Use every faculty of sense, so the audience can easily formulate the picture. Be specific on the time and place of the event. For instance, you can describe the snow-dusted pine cones, the fragrance of flowers and the evergreen branches to depict a cool summer rain or warm spring afternoon.

Using high contrast is an effective way to capture your audience's attention as well. Whether it is your word choice or a depiction of a location, physical characteristic or ongoing action, describing two contrast states can make your readers think. This can subconsciously influence your readers to go over the part which caught their attention one more time.

Control the pace of the story. Things get exciting when the narration start moving. The faster things move, the more electrifying it gets. Play with the pace to let your reader's heart pump with excitement. However, do not forget to gradually slow it down. In real life, one may get drawn out after a while. You do not want the story to divert too far away from what is real.

Let your readers guess. One way to keep your readers hooked up is to interject a sense of mystery. This keeps them engrossed in flipping from pages to pages in an attempt to find out the answers in the end. This is one classic trick that never fails. This is an effective way to leave imprints to the readers, end a chapter or fuel plot lines.

Let your readers introspect. Stories that are themed with survival, love, relationship, humanity and life is generally appealing to the public. The readers can openly relate as they go through the story. Literature has always been used to express one's self. This also provides opportunity to readers to look into themselves and discover their feelings, philosophy and psyche.

Challenge the present belief system. Stories have always been used to present a different perspective of a known issue. Your readers are more likely to remember your work if it got them thinking deeply. This is an effective method to correct misconceptions, challenge wrong notions or just to encourage inquisitiveness.

Interject humor no matter how serious a story could get. The most captivating books in history has humors interposed in its pages. This is because the readers always look for something that could lighten things up. Humor can energize the readers, so they feel empowered. Effective use of comedy can bring relief to the readers amidst a rather serious storyline.




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