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●○○○○○○○○ ❛ 𝑾𝑬𝑳𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑬 TO THE 𝑭𝑰𝑵𝑨𝑳 𝑺𝑯𝑶𝑾, 𝑯𝑶𝑷𝑬 YOU'RE WEARING YOUR 𝑩𝑬𝑺𝑻 CLOTHES. ❜
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how to keep a story ━━ no. 006 "entertaining"! ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃
This was a topic that was requested by @asteroidglow!
NOW, KEEPING YOUR STORY "ENTERTAINING" FOR THE READERS IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF AUTHORS FIND THEMSELVES STRUGGLING WITH. I've been there too, but I believe that I have found a way out of this sinkhole.
I'm not saying that I'm a professional or perfect when it comes to keeping readers engaged, but I do believe I've gotten to the point where I've found that balance of maintaining quality writing, publishing a satisfying amount of quantity, developing and keeping character arcs going, and finding new ways of twisting the plot to keep people on their toes. If any of you have read any of my books, aside from 𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 and 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍, then you might agree that I keep my stories relatively entertaining. (I only mention those two books because although I like them, they're not my proudest works, and I wrote them spontaneously without any prior planning. So, the plots and such are quite bland.)
Down below, I have listed my top 5 tips on how to keep your stories "entertaining" for your readers!
𝟎𝟏. This is a simple one but use humor. One of the easiest ways to keep people engaged and sucked into your stories is by using humor. If a reader is laughing their ass off at something you wrote, chances are, they're going to keep reading. We all love a good laugh (I hope), and comedy is one of the basic elements that every story needs at some point.
I love writing humor. Most of the time, the entertaining and humorous scenarios I create in my head are ones that I, realistically, won't experience or get to have often. So, if you're the same way, write those scenes. Find a way to incorporate them into your stories in a way that flows naturally and matches the personalities of your characters.
