Create a Movie in Your Reader’s Mind: The Mysterious Mechanics of Immersion Revealed

A story writer’s challenge is to immerse readers on page one and keep them turning the pages without realizing it. This immersion effect (the movie in the mind) is achieved via careful placement of well-placed “bits” of story information—setup, backstory, reactions, transitions, actions—that keep readers under the spell. Yet writers often omit important bits, or place them out of order without realizing it, bumping readers out of a story. In this information-packed session, C Lill Ahrens will use successful immersion mechanics of famous writers to show how you can use story information to create and increase tension, propelling readers through a story until the very end.