3 Tips How to Write a Story that Gains Followers, not Just Readers.

How to Write a Story that Gains Followers, Not Readers.

How to write a story that gains followers, not just readers.

Did Rowling know when she was penning Potter’s adventures and challenges that she would be winning followers not just readers?

Did C.S. Lewis write so that the masses would post his quotes all over social media?

Did Tolkien follow the story of a furry footed fantasy character so that movies would be made about them?

No one can say for sure what they thought as they wrote their tales and adventures other than them, but my opinion would be no, they didn’t write for these reasons.

But we should be reading and plotting our stories with this in mind.

So why does a writer write?

And how does a writer write in such a way that it builds a following?

How does a writer write a story knowing it will gather followers?

That’s an easy answer.

When you read it you’ll think it’s too simple and you might not take it to heart, but the truth is sometimes the simplest answer can be the most rewarding.

The simplest answer is to write a story to serve someone.

Make them a promise.

How do evil villains gain so many followers in their evil schemes?

They make big promises and keep promising to deliver.

If they start to deliver on those promises and more than, they gain more support and followers.

If they don’t keep their promises eventually they lose support and suffer mutiny.

Most of the time the followers follow along for wealth and power.

But unlike evil villains what can we humble writers offer our followers?

Well that’s a simple answer too.

We offer them a good time.

We offer them entertainment.

As creative writers we are in the entertainment business and we give them great stories.

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So how do we write a story that gains followers instead of readers?

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Intentionally serve a specific type of reader.

Serving the reader isn’t always easy.

We can’t promise them anything other than an entertaining story, but we can write a story to serve them.

When we start chapter one, we must deliver something to the reader right away or we lose them.

If this one thing isn’t given to them quickly they might put down the book and never pick it up again. In this case, they definitely won’t be telling their friends to read it.

We must make them this promise.

We must introduce characters, give them a problem, and silently promise them an answer to that problem.

If we do not make them a promise of a problem needing to be resolved and we do not deliver on that promise then they will quickly lose interest in the story we are trying to tell.

Storytellers have been using this writing trick for centuries and will continue for a long time.

If you implement it correctly you will see more readers loving your stories and following you as a writer.

Give them someone to follow.

This comes down to character development.

All great writers are extremely good at a couple of key writing tricks.

One of the profound tricks of the trade is knowing how to create a character that people will want to know more about and root for.

If you have an amazing story to tell but your character is mediocre then your reader will have a hard time caring about the story.

We have to give them both a great promise and deliver on it and give them a character they care about and root for.

Rowling, Tolkien, and Lewis all did this with characters the world fell in love with in interestingly similar ways.

They started with characters that are young and seemingly innocent.

With Harry his problems started as a baby to no fault of his own.

Lewis also chose to follow children experiencing problems in a magical realm called Narnia.

Tolkien chose hobbits, which if we are completely honest, resemble children in many ways in the stories.

So when you pick your character to follow it doesn’t have to be children, per se, even though there is a seeming advantage to it. Find ways to make your character someone that people love rooting for.

Give them a character worth following and deliver on your promise to give them a problem and resolution to that problem and you will have gained a follower, not just a reader.

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That’s all for now.

Hope this thought helps!

Happy writing!

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