Do You Know Who Your Writing For - WritersLife.org

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We LOVE to read comments so please leave a comment and subscribe to Our channel:  https://www.youtube.com/writerslifeorg Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to  http://www.writerslife.org/finish-your-book ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ hello there is Peter here again with more tips and advice from writers life now coming up today do you know who you are writing for when you sit down to write it's always a good idea to ask yourself before you start who am i writing for the answer may be obvious and straightforward or it might be elusive and complicated are you writing for yourself do you have a very particular person in mind do you want your opinion or story to be heard by a particular group do you want to be acknowledged or perhaps you are just writing for anyone who will listen of course it can be a combination of many of these things most writers would say that they write both for themselves for the love of creating stories and playing with language and for their audiences whoever they may be how important is it to know who you are writing for most writers would argue that it is imperative indeed if you are hoping to have commercial success having a target audience in mind will help you to craft and shape your writing so that it appeals directly to them you might also want to think about how to attract readers from further afield not just the lovers of the genre or the ones who already agree with your opinion will naturally gravitate towards your work but those on the fringes too perhaps those who you would think would have no interest in what you have to say how do you persuade these audiences to listen to you or to take a chance on your writing and just give it a go how do you find the right balance between being true to yourself your motivations and passions and writing for an audience telling them what they want to hear the key to effective writing is knowing your reader and being able to accurately predict what they want and what they expect and then adhering to that or alternatively surprising them showing them something new different are more exciting than they have ever anticipated before how to identify your audience ask yourself the following questions who do you hope will read this write down who your ideal reader would be give them a name a personality bring them to life this person is your target audience you need to discover how they think what excites them what turns them off get to know them as intimately as possible and you will have the best chance of getting them to see your points of view engage with your characters buy your product or do whatever it is you are trying to persuade them to do who else might read this don't just limit yourself to your ideal audience think further beyond them think of all the places your book article blog post or newsletter might end up are there other people we might reach that you haven't considered how could you reach out to them and connect with them further and more effectively you also need to consider what you are hoping to achieve by communicating with your audience it might be to sell products increase their understanding of a particular topic to get them to share your work to sign up to a newsletter or it might be to persuade them around to your way of thinking to be moved or inspired by your story or simply to enjoy your book your aims are important because if you don't fulfill them no matter how many people you've reached you won't feel satisfied that you have achieved what you set out to achieve understanding who you are writing for regardless of the type of writing you are doing can make all the difference when it comes to connecting with your audience creating a following and motivating them to act so next time you sit down to write make sure you consider who your reader is and think about how you can speak to and don't forget if it's struggling to write or finish your book our free writers toolkit can help with it you'll learn how to overcome procrastination stay organized stay focused find time to write and finally get your book published to get access to it now while it's still available simply go to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit that's it for   now be sure to give us a thumbs up if you like this video and don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more I'm Peter this has been writer's life and I'll be back with more tips and advice for writers soon right here on writers life bye for now