Story stuff that always gets me

A few years back, I did a post on “Ten things I don’t want to read about,” so I thought, why not ten things that always hook my interest?

This would be about story elements, maybe story types, or even elements of voice. Anything goes.

A promise of humor is probably first. It doesn’t have to be a satire, or a comedy; the humor can be conveyed through the voice, but I find my interest engaged the more quickly if I perceived its presence.

And then there are story elements that promise fun, like di...