Shruti Joshi asked Nicholas Sparks:

Foremost.. there is one unique thing that I find with your stories that make them special to me - reading from the perspective of the main characters instead of just following the thoughts of a single person. Thank you for all the wonderful ones. What is the one thing you believe a story can never do without?

Nicholas Sparks All great novels have the same three basic requirements:

1. A writing style that evokes emotional impact across the full range of human emotion – empathy, hopefulness, happiness, love, anger, and sadness – without being manipulative
2. A story or plot that is fresh, with a structure that compels the reader to keep going
3. Interesting and original characters, flawed enough to be relatable
But if I only had to pick one thing that a story needs, it is universality – in plot, character, and writing style, the story needs to feel “real” to the reader.

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