How 5 Popular Stories Successfully Caught Readers’ Attention with a Simple Formula

The reason some stories get reads and others don’t.

Kelly Eden | Essayist | Writing Coach
Inspired Writer
Published in
4 min readOct 4, 2022

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By Mat Hayward on Adobe Stock Images

It’s the worst when your story gets buried in the slush pile — ugh! I hate it. Why do some stories stop readers scrolling and others get ignored?

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Kelly Eden | Essayist | Writing Coach
Inspired Writer

New Zealand-based essayist | Personal Essay Workshops | @ Insider, Mamamia, Thought Catalog, ScaryMommy and more https://becauseyouwrite.substack.com/