If your story has nothing big to lose, its not worth reading. I did say Big. Im not talking about a nice pair of earrings, a car, designer dress, or even your home. Im talking about something that matters greatly to more than your main character. Its bigger than her, him, or it. It takes hold and drives your story to the end.
This crucial thing is bigger than a personal love spat, or even a trip to the hospital. It takes over a life, a family, a city, the community, or an entire nation. In popular womens novels, that thing is not the community, city, or nation; its your characters personal desire. Did she get the man? The career? The family she wanted? Its all about the protagonists unrequited desire. It might not seem big at all, except that the heroines creator has infused her with such unrelenting intensity that the reader feels her desire just as strongly as murder, the city, the country, the family she wanted.
That particular element in your novel is called STAKES. Its believed that a threat to LIFE is the highest stake. Bestseller-kind-of books have high stakes of some kind. STAKES simply means the biggest thing you have to losethe fortune, friend, life,...
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