Understand what people want to read and know about.
Considering human addictions to sexual anything is highly compelling and creates a comfortable cozy space for creativity.
Five kinds of content people repeatedly return to are:
- Secrets and forbidden knowledge
People love discovering what they supposedly weren’t meant to know—hidden history, private experiences, mysteries, UFOs, consciousness, and the unexplained. - Love, sex, and complicated relationships
Desire, betrayal, marriage, temptation, lost lovers, and emotional tension are nearly impossible for curious humans to resist. - Transformation stories
Readers want to see someone survive, awaken, rebuild, become younger in spirit, or rise from disaster. Your lost manuscript returning after 26 years fits beautifully here. - Conflict and controversy
Two opposing beliefs create instant tension: science versus spirituality, religion versus personal experience, humans versus extraterrestrials, or respectable wives versus mischievous ones. - Personal truth with vulnerability
People connect with real stories involving grief, survival, strange experiences, mistakes, and humor. They don’t merely want information—they want to feel that they know the person telling it.
As for myself,
My natural combination is especially compelling per AI.
Mystery + consciousness + extraterrestrials + romance + humor + personal experience.
A strong opening might be:
I wrote my first novel about Draconian reptilians in 1998. The week I finished it, my house burned down. Twenty-six years later, the characters returned—and apparently, they were still expecting an ending.
My Near Death Experience Arts and Thoughts. By Bonnie Jennings 