Partner with Readers to Make Your Fiction Real: Why Co-creation Leads to Success

Описание: Writing a novel isn’t a solo act—it’s a partnership. In this session, Adam Simon breaks down the concept of Co-Creation, the psychological process where an author’s words and a reader’s imagination meet to build a living story.

If you’ve ever wondered why some readers "drop out" of a book or why certain characters feel more "real" than others, it comes down to how well you are playing the Reading Game. We explore the "simulation" effect of fiction and why the human brain is a more powerful engine for special effects than any VR headset.

In this video, you’ll learn:

The Reading Game: Understanding the unwritten rules and the "initial trust" between author and reader.

The Simulation Effect: How your word stream creates a mental "Vision Pro" experience in the reader's mind.

Avoiding DNF (Did Not Finish): Why confusion and boredom are the ultimate simulation-killers.

The Goldilocks Rule: How to balance detail so you aren’t over-explaining or under-inspiring.

Stereotypes vs. Archetypes: How a few poorly chosen words can accidentally trigger the wrong mental image.

Key Timestamps:
00:00 - The Core Concept: Readers as your partners.
08:43 - Part 1: How Co-Creation works.
09:51 - The 3-Step Writing Process: Getting the story from head to page to reader.
11:06 - The Rolling Stones Rule: Why "Satisfaction" is the only metric that matters.
12:24 - Willing Suspension of Disbelief & The Mystery Genre.
15:46 - The Pragmatics: Word Choice, Sequence, and Volume.
17:40 - The "DNF" Problem: Why Amazon tracks page turns.
19:32 - The "Misspelling" Exercise: Proof of the mind’s power to create meaning.
22:09 - The Vision Pro Analogy: Why the brain is the best GPU.
24:32 - Goldilocksing: Finding the "just right" amount of detail.

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