Do your readers feel they're in good hands?
Cuppa: A hand-poured cup of the best ideas about writing I've tasted lately
Hey, y’all—
Fellow Substacker
writes this week about the technique of assuring readers they’re “in good hands”—the moment during the opening pages of a novel that I think of in terms of snuggling deeper into the chair, groping for my cup of tea, and murmuring, “Oh yeah, baby, this is gonna be gooood.”Many writers and editors talk about this good-hands m…