Question For Jono and Alan

I am beginning my dream of being a writer at age 43. I listen so strong to you guys about characters and relationships and I want my stories to make people cry.

My husband said I can put someone somewhere, make them feel what the character is feeling. I even sometimes cry when I'm writing out the sad feelings of a character because I pretend it's a journal entry, not a book I'm creating.

Do you two think this is good enough to make the stories so enjoyable that people will want to read again? I don't wanna just sell books. I wanna make people either have a happy escape or be excited to pick up my stories over and over again. I want them to ruin my books because they read them so much the pages fall apart.