What I Want From Readers

I am busy plotting a number of things for BOOK TWO of the Triple C Ranch Saga (see previous posts), and sometimes I come up with plot points that are… oh… SHOCKING.  Where it comes from, I have no idea.  But what I DO know is that when I write, I write how I think my readers would react to certain situations.  It's not like I have a "formula" of any kind, mind you.  I do some plotting with pencil and paper, and just mainly come up with important ideas and scenes that I feel have to fit in the plot somewhere.

It's not exactly an easy thing to do, and all writers are different, but I follow a few simple rules when it comes to what I write.  I feel I have to be CONSISTENT in the whole story.  I want to make the reader laugh, cry, get totally pissed off so that they throw things, and most of all, I want them to be SHOCKED.  As illustrated in BOOK ONE (no spoiler here), I have some rather shocking scenes.

As for BOOK TWO, I CAN promise PLENTY of shocking scenes, intermixed with humor, sadness and despair, vulnerability, and so many other emotions (the list goes on).  What I want from my readers is what I expect from any writer.  I want to hook them, and tell a story well enough so that they are engrossed in what I consider realistic fiction.  If these plot points I found somewhere in the recesses of this gray matter come to fruition, then I WILL accomplish what I want from readers.  I am not writing for an Agent or a Publisher.  I write for myself and what I feel the reader would want to read.  We'll see what happens.  ON WITH BOOK TWO!

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