May 28, 2020
4 min read
The Willing Suspension of Disbelief
Adding a believable human element to your stories
“The willing suspension of disbelief” was first utilized by the English poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. If a writer can impart a human element and an aspect of truth into the story, the reader will be drawn in and willingly suspend their disbelief — and fully engage in the far-fetched tale.
