Friday, November 22, 2013

More on Writing: Audience

This is my last piece of writing advise for now. So here it goes...

As a writer this is probably the hardest thing to think about, but one day your work will be read by other people. Now you should not write for your audience. But do keep your audience in mind when you are writing your story.

There is a diffrence between the ending that you, the writer, want and the ending that the reader wants. Sometimes, as the writer, you can choose to piss of your audience. However, most of the time you want to cater to the sudience. Not necesarily change the story to fit what the sudience wants, becasue you can never please everyone. However when faced with the option of pissing off your entire following (the ones that indirectly pay you to be good), and choosing to please them (so they buy more of your books). Then the second option is better.

So you need to keep your integrity as a writer, but also please your audience. It is an interesting balancing act. Just remember that if you are writing a Young Adult novel, make sure it is appropriate for high-schoolers. If you are writing a book for adults, don't use childish language and descriptions.

My biggest tip for writing effectively? Just make sure that, above all else, you remember that it will be YOUR name on the cover. So just keep thaqt in mind when you write and you should be golden.

CIAO!

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