docshwa.blogg.se - Nothing Gained by Macy Blake

When a reader empathizes with a protagonist or gets angry when she is oppressed, the author has resonance. Novelists have resonance when their story resonates with the story going on in the heart of the reader. If you get the frequency wrong, you will miss your push.

You are encouraging the swing in the direction it already wants to go. If you are in resonance with the frequency of the swing, you push the swinging child as she swings away from you. In physics, resonance is like pushing a child on a swing. Resonance is why some tones can break a wine glass while other tones cannot. A note can resonate in a room and make the whole room vibrate to the tone of that note. I recorded an episode about resonance on my other podcast, so I will provide the CliffsNotes version here. And to understand trends, we must first understand resonance. It is going to change what books readers buy and what books authors write.īefore we talk about the impact of the virus on reading trends, we need to talk about how trends work.