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Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo | How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice

#56: 5 Reasons Why Readers Stop Reading

Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo | How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice

Savannah Gilbo

Education, Writing Advice, Plotting A Novel, Editing A Novel, Character Arcs, Fiction Writing Mistakes To Avoid, Story Development, Fiction Writing Tips, How To Outline A Novel, Character Development, Story Structure, Books, World Building, Arts, Writing Stronger Scenes, How To, Fiction

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🗓️ 3 February 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I'm exploring 5 reasons why readers might stop reading a novel. Here's a preview of what you'll hear in the episode: [01:50] Reason #1: Nothing meaningful happens in the opening pages. [04:15] Reason #2: It’s hard to connect with the point of view characters. [06:30] Reason #3: Readers don’t know what kind of story they’re reading. [09:40] Reason #4: Readers have seen the same thing before. [12:30] Reason #5: Readers don't care what happens next. [15:45] Final thoughts and ...

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0:00.0

Hey there, Savannah here. I wanted to take a quick second to let you know that my notes

0:04.2

to novel course is officially open for enrollment right now until October 12th.

0:08.8

Notes to novel is an eight-week live program that will teach you how to confidently write

0:13.1

the first draft of a story you feel proud of. I've taken everything I've learned from coaching

0:17.1

hundreds of authors across all genres and channeled it into a comprehensive step-by-step

0:21.8

implementation program that not only teaches you the high-level theory behind writing a story

0:26.3

that works, but how to execute what you're learning in real-time too. Doors are open right now

0:31.2

and this enrollment period closes on Thursday, October 12th, at 1159 Pacific time. So if you've

0:37.1

been waiting for an online writing course that meets you where you're at, gives you a community of

0:41.2

like-minded writers to share the experience with, and lets you write your novel in real-time

0:45.9

as you learn, then head over to savannagobo.com forward slash yes to learn more or to enroll.

0:51.8

As many of you know, I am not taking one-on-one clients for the foreseeable future, so this is the

0:56.5

best way to get my help with your story alongside a community of like-minded writers who share similar

1:02.1

goals. So one more time that's savannagobo.com forward slash yes to learn more about the

1:07.4

notes to novel program and to enroll before doors close on October 12th at midnight Pacific.

1:13.2

And this is where that whole writing something that's quote-unquote the same, but different

1:17.6

comes into play. So you do need to deliver on the kinds of things readers are expecting from your

1:23.2

genre, but you also need to be able to innovate the conventions of your genre rather than simply

1:28.4

regurgitating them. And to me, this is where mastery comes in. So when we're first starting out,

1:34.0

we might end up writing scenes similar to what's already out there and that's okay. But as you get

1:39.1

better and better and as you write further into your draft, you're going to think of ways to

1:43.4

innovate on what's been done before. And really this is a skill that just takes time and practice

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