Why Your Story Feels Fake (And How to Fix It)

Описание: Have you ever been so absorbed in a book that you completely forgot where you were?

That experience has a name: narrative transportation.

In this video, I break down what narrative transportation is, what’s happening in the brain when readers feel immersed, and how you can use some basic neuroscience to whisk your reader so deeply into your own book that they forget the real world even exists.

We’ll look at:
• Mirror neurons and sensory simulation
• The Default Mode Network
• The social brain and character connection
• Why vague stakes fail and specific stakes pull readers in

If you’re interested in the science behind immersive storytelling, I go much deeper in my book Narrative Transportation: The Science of Writing Immersive Fiction, where I break immersion into three sections:

• Sensory-rich worldbuilding
• Character construction that activates the social brain
• Plot design that sustains tension

Links to purchase:
Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GMYN3966
Apple - https://books.apple.com/us/book/narra...
Bookshop.org - https://bookshop.org/a/99082/97982322...
Buy Direct from Author - https://payhip.com/b/En1ve

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0:00 How do you make your readers forget the real world?
1:10 Example text exploring how narrative transportation works.
2:11 The three neurological systems that will help you transport your readers.
2:26 Mirror Neurons
3:55 Default Mode Network
5:21 The Social Brain
7:30 Narrative Transportation: The Science of Writing Immersive Fiction