writing for an audience
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On Writing What Interests You
The biggest mistake I see new writers making is writing about what is “popular.” People get…
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What You Want to Write About vs. What Other People Want to Read
What do people want from you?
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People Who “Don’t Read” Aren’t Worth Your Time
Q: How do you convince non-readers they need to read books?
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Your Audience Has a Problem. They Need Your Help
The best way to ignore your audience’s needs is to give them content that doesn’t help…
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How to Show Your YA Readers You Respect Their Intelligence
(For the purpose of this post, if you don’t have any readers yet, imagine you have…
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[DISCUSSION] If No One Else Ever Read What You Wrote, Would You Still Write?
When first asked this question alongside hundreds of other writers, probably in a forum somewhere or…
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We Shouldn’t Try to Make Every Reader Happy
Book discussions would be awfully short and less fulfilling if everyone had the exact same reaction to…
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How to Take “I Want to Be a Writer” Three Steps Further
If you’re reading this, you might be a writer. And if you are, you’ve most likely…
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How to Grasp Your Audience Like You’re Writing a Super Bowl Commercial
There’s only one day a year we don’t hate commercial breaks. Football fans and non-fans alike chatter…
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