How to Bring Your Stories to Life with Vivid Scenes and Sensory Details
Get and keep your readers hooked.
You have a great idea for a story.
So you open Word or Google or turn to a fresh page on a yellow legal pad. And begin typing or scribbling. The words flow out. You’ve got a lot to say. It’s about your life, after all.
And the lessons you’re learning. You put them in there, too. As many as you can. Maybe even repeating some in various ways to make sure readers get it.
Your heart’s pounding as you press the green submit button.
And instead of getting published and boosted right away you get a note from one of the editors.
“Great story, Sis. Crucial lessons. Please show us the scene. We want to see and experience it with you.” Or some variation on that theme.
“Didn’t I do that?” Your heart sinks. “I used a personal example.”
What do we even mean, anyway?
Instead of telling us what happened, show us what happened.
We love telling stories. And we love reading stories.
We’re natural-born storytellers. It’s in our DNA. We can go on and on. We may naturally slow down, adding lots of…
