What makes a good story?
Your readers desperately want one thing from you when they pick up your novel: a powerful emotional experience. Always, always, always make your character want something to change in their lives. The desire to change is what makes your reader invest emotionally in your story. But you can't make things easy on your characters. The minute they try to change things, conflict sets in.
Remember! Part of a story's greatness comes from the depth of the change your character is pursuing.
- Randy Ingermanson, Writing Fiction for Dummies
