To Be A Great Writer, We Must First Transform The Reader

Here are 5 ways to do precisely that

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There’s a significant transformation that comes with writing: the reader.

It’s one thing to entertain yourself with stories, articles, and blogs, but it’s another to put someone else in that seat. To invite them into this made-up world and let them see what you’ve created. There’s a thrill in watching their reaction, learning what they take away from it all.

And sometimes, it can be an enlightening experience — after all, isn’t that why we tell stories in the first place?

To show people another way of looking at things?

So what’s the transformation for the reader?

It might just be the most crucial part of writing there is.

Your story has to take the reader on a journey — and that journey has to move them FROM where they are today TO a new and different place.

Readers need to understand what the story can do for them before they can care about it. The story must take the reader on a journey.

Here’s five ways to do exactly that.

Transport them to another place