This first part of this series on
creating emotional attachment between readers and characters is going to look
at engendering sympathy, and in this particular post, by putting characters in
risky situations. If you want the reader to feel concern for the characters in
your story, putting them in danger is a simple way to do it.
Any time something of value is on
the line, how the situation plays out will be of interest, and that is true for
all the parties involved. But if you can communicate what’s at stake and make
the reader as keen to avoid that outcome as the character, then it will amplify
the level of interest in what happens next.
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