“I’m becoming intrigued.”
Those three words from a beta reader are both wildly
encouraging and – because they came at Chapter 29 – sobering.
Sobering. Because if it’s taken this long for the story to
get intriguing, the work I’ve done to speed up the story at the beginning of
the book isn’t yet done.
But at least there’s something there to attract attention
and interest. And that’s what a writer hopes, for right? ATTENTION.
And the same thing readers want: A good, diverting story.
Or, as Sally Brown puts it so elegantly, restitution:
The reader wants restitution for putting in the time to
read. And the writer certainly wants restitution for the time spent writing and
editing.
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