Giving the Reader What They Want

About this episode

Jonathan discusses how to manage audience expectations based on the type of story being written.

Jonathan talks about managing your audience's expectations by knowing what they will likely expect based on the type of story you're writing. Join Jonathan's Patreon page for free at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠staystrange.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Subscribe to the Stranger Fiction YouTube channel at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠strangertv.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Purchase books & comics available from Stranger Fiction at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠strangerfiction.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan

Topics covered

• audience expectations
• storytelling
• writing

Keywords

• Patreon
• YouTube
• books
• comics

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Stranger Fiction books, Stranger Fiction comics

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