ABSTRACT
Readers want to see people on the page, hear them talk, watch them in
dramatic action and reaction with people. They like to read anecdotes, the
little scenes in which people reveal both themselves and the subject. Read-
ers want to meet people with whom they can identify, and often readers
become, for a few moments, the person on the page, and so extend their
experience by living another life. Readers also enjoy a strong sense of place
and time: they like to see the people they read about in their world – to be
shown as well as told.
