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5 LAWS OF THE FICTION READERS

By: James Scott Bell

Without readers a writer has no career.

There are other reasons people write, of course. For therapy. For fun. For their family. Out of boredom. In prison.

But most writers write to share their stories with the hope of some financial return.

When asked what kind of writing made the most money, Elmore Leonard replied, “Ransom notes.”

Outside of that particular genre, professional writers swim in the free enterprise system, which usually involves two parties: seller and buyer.

The writer is the seller, the reader is the buyer. The product is a book. Or a story.

And in order for this exchange to work, the buyer must like the product.

In order for this exchange to become a lucrative career, the buyer must love the product.

Which brings me to the 5 Laws of the Fiction Reader:

1. The reader wants to be transported into a dream

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Read the full article HERE! 

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If you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets yesterday, here they are again:

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8. Why Indie Author Ethics are a Two-Way Street | Advice for Authors Who Self-Publish http://ow.ly/J3mzW
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Happy writing and running, Kathy