Keep Readers Turning Pages

Keep Readers Turning Pages

Words authors love to hear (or read): “I couldn’t put the book down. I stayed up all night reading.” I once had an email from someone who’d read Finding Sarah. She said she normally reads only “literary fiction” but she was reading my book while she was traveling, and during a layover between planes, she totally forgot to get dinner.

It’s important to make readers want to keep turning pages. If they’re reading “between doing other stuff” or in bed, the author’s goal...