Passionate Writer Publishing

Making the Fantasy True in a Reader’s Mind

As a reader, I want to be sucked into a story somuch that I can’t believe these things are happening to someone, but I feellike the really are. It’s a trick of the writer to make other people believeher fantasy. How is this achieved? Is it word structure, pacing, page layout…what is the secret?

At the heart of this is world building and 3Dcharacters. World building can be as detailed as possible to make a story’ssetting believable, yet fantastic. Making characters who have serious flaws andamazing goodness all in one package help enhance the believability of theauthor’s fantasy.

The trick for a writer is to put the world buildingand these terrific characters into words that any reader can read and relateto. If a reader doesn’t relate, then most likely she’ll put the book down.There are many themes that most people relate to, such as love, disappointment,danger, fear, hope. When a writer’s characters are believable and experiencethese things, the reader begins to believe. That’s when the pages startturning.

I love to read. It’s my favorite thing to doother than pet my six kitties. Nothing gets my heart pumping more than beingcompletely sucked into a book because I love or hate the good guys and bad guys,or want to be in that writer’s fantasy all day with a pot of tea at hand. It’swhat made me want to try to write. Finding that right mix of a great world andintriguing characters that I can spend ten hours in a row with is what inspiresme to write more and I hope my readers find a new fantasy to live in for just alittle while.

Lisa Rusczyk

Chasing the Dark

The Message