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What if I told you it was possible to make readers like you within 10 seconds of reading?
You’d want to know how to do that, right?
It’s actually pretty easy.
Here are four ways you can make this happen. THREAD.
You’d want to know how to do that, right?
It’s actually pretty easy.
Here are four ways you can make this happen. THREAD.
1. Make ‘em laugh
If a writer makes you laugh right off the bat, you’re going to like them.
Why? It's science: Laughter cues an endorphin release in the brain.
It might take some workshopping to perfect a funny opening, but humor puts you in the fast lane to likeability.
If a writer makes you laugh right off the bat, you’re going to like them.
Why? It's science: Laughter cues an endorphin release in the brain.
It might take some workshopping to perfect a funny opening, but humor puts you in the fast lane to likeability.
2. Share your (believable, relatable) flaws
Sharing our shortcomings, flaws, and insecurities in writing means that we’re both:
A) self-aware, and
B) willing to be vulnerable
This helps readers see us as fellow flawed humans rather than untouchable superhumans.
Sharing our shortcomings, flaws, and insecurities in writing means that we’re both:
A) self-aware, and
B) willing to be vulnerable
This helps readers see us as fellow flawed humans rather than untouchable superhumans.
3. Spotlight your personal achievements, not your privileges
Personal achievements are earned and have an instant likeable quality to them. Privileges, however, come without work. They’re advantages only available to a particular person/group.
Make them root for the underdog.
Personal achievements are earned and have an instant likeable quality to them. Privileges, however, come without work. They’re advantages only available to a particular person/group.
Make them root for the underdog.
4. Embrace your quirks
Everybody has something that makes them a little weird. But guess what? Your “weird thing” is probably someone else’s “weird thing,” too.
Some of the most beloved characters in literature all have quirks! And that’s part of the reason we like them.
Everybody has something that makes them a little weird. But guess what? Your “weird thing” is probably someone else’s “weird thing,” too.
Some of the most beloved characters in literature all have quirks! And that’s part of the reason we like them.
5. The fail-safe
If none of these strategies are working and you still don’t feel super likable in your writing, there is a fail-safe: Write about your pets.
If you want to be likable to a mass swath of your readers, write about your pet. It rarely (if ever) fails.
If none of these strategies are working and you still don’t feel super likable in your writing, there is a fail-safe: Write about your pets.
If you want to be likable to a mass swath of your readers, write about your pet. It rarely (if ever) fails.
I get into the nuts and bolts of how to execute these different tactics in my book, available here: https://www.kaleighmoore.com/products/write-better-right-now-book
