#amWriting: "To Grab the Reader, Draw Characters You Can Invest In"

[Letizia]

"As a reader, I always love that moment of immersion that happens when you really believe a story and you find yourself trusting the author. How that happens is probably different for each reader, but for me what you can’t miss out on is a good character. For a story to work, you need to care about the outcome, and the way to care is to find a character you can invest in. That’s certainly what’s behind my desire to write interesting dialogue and a world that’s visually evocative: it’s that immersion I’m aiming for."

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