The Seven Levels of Attention - and What Writers Need to Know About Them - Part 9
Earlier, I suggested that a writer must use sequences - and the ‘hook’ of something missing in expected sequences - to draw readers...
The Seven Levels of Attention - and What Writers Need to Know About Them - Part 8
Human beings seek Meaning. They seek it everywhere they look: in the world at large, in religions, social movements, politics, in groups,...
Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...
The Seven Levels of Attention - and What Writers Need to Know About Them - Part 7
We're looking at four kinds of meaning: sequential, vertical, contextual and embracive. All readers - arguably, all human beings - are...
The Seven Levels of Attention - and What Writers Need to Know About Them - Part 6
We’ve been talking about Meaning and its relationship to Attention. The basic simplicity is an equation: more meaning = more attention....
The Seven Levels of Attention - and What Writers Need to Know About Them - Part 5
Deep Attention is the fount from which ripples move outward, meeting the consciousness of readers at the level of Intermittent Attention....
Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...
The Seven Levels of Attention - and What Writers Need to Know About Them - Part 4
Using quite a few jumbled analogies and metaphors, we have proceeded through the levels of Zero Attention (largely ignoring it as it...
The Primary Duty and Action of a Writer
Choosing the right genre, selecting the best setting, devising the most engaging plotlines, providing the necessary archetypal...