Guide to Writing Novels (NovelToon Official)
3.2 How can your story make readers feel empathy?
A very important factor in the novel is a sense of reality and empathy.
Novels with a good sense of reality will allow the reader to put themselves in the position of the main character, having the same emotions as perceived by the main character. They wanted to know what was going on behind the main character. If you want to improve your reader's sense of reality, there are several ways.
For example, through plot settings, character settings, and background settings.
When setting up a plot, you can switch yourself into it to see if such a plot can mobilize your emotions. Second, the plot and setting of the character must meet the needs and desires of the reader.
For example, someone who has just broken up and still loves his ex and wants a girlfriend back. This kind of reader will feel more reality when they read the lovers reunion. The people who had been oppressed and excited to turn around were watching the rebirth story. When you read, you will feel more reality.
Determine the main target group, set the characters and plot to their liking, write the story they want, and the reader will put themselves in it so that it is not easy to leave the story.
The second is the background.
If the novel is a fantasy genre, then in the framework of having to write the details of the setting of the fantasy system(worldview setting). Writing a story should always be based on this arrangement. Otherwise, there will be many errors in the logic of the story that make the reader feel unreal and even think that the author is not professional enough. From this we can also see the importance of the skeleton.
Backgrounds, such as character settings as well, should also find ways to approach the inner desires of the reader. If the characters and background can be close to the reality and background of the story, and can also satisfy the inner desires of the reader, it will definitely enhance the reader's sense of reality.
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