How to Write Stories Readers Will Love by Knowing the Zeitgeist
If it takes years to write a book, you owe it to yourself to ask the question, "What kinds of books will be popular years from now?"
Reader preferences change over time, and sometimes they change rapidly. If you are not careful, you can get stuck writing a book people no longer want to read.
Understanding the zeitgeist is also called "knowing the times" and the times they are a changin. But they are changing in surprisingly predictable ways.
There is nothing new under the sun. Causes have effects, and the more you have a sense of the rhythms of the past, the better you can understand the present.
In this week’s episode, I speak with Alexander Macris about how history’s cyclical patterns can give us clues about what types of stories will resonate in the future.
You’ll learn:
Why certain themes and plots are failing miserably in our current moment
Where to find past ideas that are likely to resonate in the future
Why certain themes resonate at different times in history
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Listen in or read the blog version of this episode to get a head start on writing a book with themes that will resonate with readers in the future.