Story Immersion: How Can We Improve Our Readers’ Experience? — Guest: Jefferson Smith

Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author :

Earlier this year, we shared what pulls us into a story. As I mentioned in that post, the sense that I’m not just reading words on a page but experiencing a story is why I read fiction.

That idea of feeling and seeing the story—or at least of the real world fading into the background—is called story immersion. While some readers don’t prioritize that aspect of stories (and that’s okay), for me, the words need to disappear from the page for...