Storytellers Write for Themselves

MetaStellar Magazine's Writing Advice of the Week for December 17, 2023

Focusing all your energy on what the reader wants or needs is exhausting. And frankly, it’s often not worth the effort, at least not while you’re writing. You simply cannot know exactly how another person will perceive your story. You cannot know their emotional states at the time they select the novel. You cannot know if they’ll identify with the protagonist, if they’ll hate the villain, if they will understand the magic, if, if, if. But there’s one thing you can know with absolute certainty: Do you, author, like your book?

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