{"id":115328,"date":"2023-10-20T07:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T11:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=115328"},"modified":"2023-10-20T09:51:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T13:51:27","slug":"why-do-people-read-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/why-do-people-read-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do People Read Fiction? 2 Things They Want From a Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why do people read fiction? What do audiences want writers to give them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re a writer of fiction or an aspiring story writer, it&#8217;s important that you know what readers are looking for when they pick up a story to read. They want to feel something, and they want to understand life better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue reading to learn about these two elements that fiction readers hope to find in each story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-do-people-read-fiction\">Why Do People Read Fiction?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Why do people read fiction? According to story writing experts, audiences want two things when they read a story: an emotional impact and a truth about life. Let&#8217;s unpack both desires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-desire-1-emotional-impact\">Desire #1: Emotional Impact&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First, experts agree that <strong>a good story appeals to the audience\u2019s emotions<\/strong>. Audiences love emotional stories because they feel more compelling at the moment and remain more memorable later on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don\u2019t need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-become-a-master\/\">be a master<\/a> storyteller to stir an audience\u2019s emotions\u2014<strong>humans naturally engage with stories on an emotional level.<\/strong> In <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/unleash-the-power-of-storytelling\/1-page-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Unleash the Power of Storytelling<\/em><\/a>, communication coach Rob Biesenbach notes that listening to a story <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/unleash-the-power-of-storytelling\/1-page-summary#nature-affects-our-perception-of-stories-and-nurture-hones-our-attention-to-them\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">activates the same regions of the brain<\/a> as personally experiencing the events described in the story. In other words, when we hear a story, we feel like it\u2019s happening to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-desire-2-truth-about-life\">Desire #2: Truth About Life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, many experts agree that <strong>people use stories to find <em>meaning<\/em>\u2014truth about the world that influences how we live our lives<\/strong>. In <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/story\/1-page-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Story<\/em><\/a>, screenwriting teacher Robert McKee contends that when we encounter new meaning, it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/story\/1-page-summary#what-makes-a-story-good\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an intense, emotionally satisfying experience<\/a>. Our craving for this experience motivates us to seek stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/on-writing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>On Writing<\/em><\/a>, author Stephen King concurs that <strong>good writing <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/on-writing\/writing-fundamentals#what-to-write-about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>pulls the audience in by telling the truth<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong> If your characters seem real and behave in recognizable ways, the audience will see themselves and their beliefs embedded in the story. If they can\u2019t identify with any of the characters and find them implausible, they\u2019ll likely disengage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to McKee, this doesn\u2019t mean that good stories have to be something that could realistically occur\u2014rather, <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/story\/1-page-summary#what-makes-a-story-good\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>every detail in a good story reflects life as it truly is<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong> For example, even though Pixar\u2019s <em>Finding Nemo<\/em> is about a talking clownfish, it\u2019s true to life because it reflects how a father traumatized by the death of his wife would truly react if his son were kidnapped. If Nemo\u2019s father, Marlin, had laughed about losing his son (perhaps a screenwriter\u2019s attempt at a joke), the story would no longer be true to life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do people read fiction? 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