3 tricks to hook with your readers

In today's article we will talk about three resources that will be very useful and effective. it is possible that you already know them, if so, stay to refresh knowledge or give your point of view about it.

To succeed with your book, whether to win readers or money, what you need is quality. However much marketing you do, for much money that you invest in a beautiful cover, in reviews and corrections ... If it is not good material it will not serve you.

What is the meaning of narrative resources?

Before discussing them, let's talk about the meaning they have. The truth is that it is simple, they are used to get the reader to stay until the end of the story, because as you know, the first rule is NOT to bore the reader.

We could say that literature is like a drug, you must create that addiction so they cannot stop reading you.

1- SECRET

It is the first of the three resources that we will comment on. We all know what a secret is. The question is how to make sectrets a narrative resource?

We will succeed in letting the character of our story know something that the reader does not know. This character, main or not, keeps a secret: Has information on something concrete that readers do not know, so you will get them interested to know it.

Hold until the reader needs to know and reveal it, but do not forget to generate new ones so that he remains interested.

2- SUSPENSE

We must get ahead of the sense of danger. That is, if a bomb explodes suddenly, you will produce a surprise effect with a momentary shock.

You will have a great impact, but only during the second that lasts the explosion. You can use surprise as a narrative resource, of course, but with caution.

The important thing should not be the bomb that explodes, get the reader to feel the countdown, that tic tac that despairs them and does not stop Reading. You'll make her worry about the fate of the characters.

Now, what is the difference between sectret and suspense? That the suspense is when the reader knows something that the characters do not know.

Remember that not only do these resources serve for action novels, you can use them in novels of any type.

3- MYSTERY

We reach the third and last point. We speak of the mystery, when it is the information that remains hidden for both the characters and the readers.

It's a good way, too, to connect your characters with the reader. That way you get them to discover the mysteries together.


What do you think of these resources? Will you use them or have you used them? Do you think there are better resources? Do not hesitate and comment on your experiences, sure that together we get something more.