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new discoveries on the craft of writing, editing, querying, marketing, publishing, and blogging tips. Posted every third Wednesday of the I don’t know about you but I’ve been asking myself this for some time. What engages a reader? That fell flat on its face, so I move on to mind. It blew my mind, but I’m not talking. You’ll have to watch it yourself. My problem is don’t necessarily connect with the characters immediately but I do accept them. I’m like that with the people I meet as well. Be warned: it’s a personal thing that may slant my point of view. Online suggests to write a compelling story, we must start with a compelling Something I love to see the protagonist and antagonist are both sympathetic characters. I love understanding and even agreeing with both sides. It makes for an undetermined outcome. (Rarely found in a mystery.). LETS SAY WE’VE DONE ALL THIS AND THE READERS ARE STILL NOT CONNECTING. WHAT THEN? Characters carry the reader with them throughout; but occasionally, it takes time to get to know them. Stalling for time…. We might have a very strong woman on a vestroid in the Asteroid Belt. We don’t We might not. But hey! we are experiencing the Asteroid Belt. Hopefully that’s cool enough until the reader gets into the I’m thinking of the Magicians and Wayward. Sometimes the world can draw a reader in. It isn’t the actor as much as what they face that brings out the egads in us. Our actor faces an incident that could shatter their outer world as well as their something more unimaginable. And will not only destroy the protagonist, but everyone else in their world. Whether or not we used the stakes as a draw, we need to express them as early as possible. All of us need to find a way to engage our readers. They’ve checked out our cover, and read the blurb. They’ve scanned the first few This post was written for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group where we share our encouragement or insecurities on the first Wednesday of