Post by account_disabled on Jan 1, 2024 8:03:00 GMT
How many times, before starting to write a story, have we asked ourselves: who are we telling it to? Never me, to be honest. When I write, I just write. I'm finishing a long humorous story to sell as an ebook, but I haven't asked myself at all what ideal reader it is aimed at. Maybe only for those who want to have a laugh. I made a mistake, of course, but the damage is already done. For the next stories to write I will ask myself this question, there is still time. Web experts always say it, even if they refer to writing blog articles: choose your niche , understand which reader to address, who your target audience is. But in fiction, how many follow this advice? How many wonder who the story they are writing is dedicated to? Well, perhaps we should start asking ourselves this question and perhaps the verb "dedicate" is apt.
The dedication in a book has an emotional value for the author, but isn't the story also dedicated to those who read it? Which readers do we want? For every story we write there is an audience of readers. Which readers are we interested in? What audience do we want for our novel? Thinking about the audience straight away saves us the work of planning and writing the Special Data story, because it allows us to narrow the field of action . It also makes those tasks easier for us, because we will know where to direct our consultation and documentation readings. Children's literature Writing a story for children is not easy, I've already said this before. I've never tried it so far, although I'd really like to. Also drawing, I could do everything myself: texts and drawings, even if my style is not exactly for a small audience. What does writing stories for children involve? Knowledge of the genre, above all, if we want to call it genre. Having therefore read several books for children, to understand the language and the type of stories.
We can't get up in the morning and say: today I want to write a story for children. Before doing so we must ask ourselves: how much do I know that market? That product, actually? Children's literature As an adult I am reading many children's classics that I skipped when I was the right age to read them. I have read some modern children's literature in English and I don't think this literature has changed much, at least not in the field of fantasy. I have a couple of stories for children in mind and they were born thanks to the many readings I did as an adult. Is writing for teenagers easier than writing for children? Maybe yes, because maybe the author has more freedom in language and plots. Or perhaps because the language itself and even the length of the stories are quite close to those of adult literature (not in the sense of erotic and porn literature, of course).
The dedication in a book has an emotional value for the author, but isn't the story also dedicated to those who read it? Which readers do we want? For every story we write there is an audience of readers. Which readers are we interested in? What audience do we want for our novel? Thinking about the audience straight away saves us the work of planning and writing the Special Data story, because it allows us to narrow the field of action . It also makes those tasks easier for us, because we will know where to direct our consultation and documentation readings. Children's literature Writing a story for children is not easy, I've already said this before. I've never tried it so far, although I'd really like to. Also drawing, I could do everything myself: texts and drawings, even if my style is not exactly for a small audience. What does writing stories for children involve? Knowledge of the genre, above all, if we want to call it genre. Having therefore read several books for children, to understand the language and the type of stories.
We can't get up in the morning and say: today I want to write a story for children. Before doing so we must ask ourselves: how much do I know that market? That product, actually? Children's literature As an adult I am reading many children's classics that I skipped when I was the right age to read them. I have read some modern children's literature in English and I don't think this literature has changed much, at least not in the field of fantasy. I have a couple of stories for children in mind and they were born thanks to the many readings I did as an adult. Is writing for teenagers easier than writing for children? Maybe yes, because maybe the author has more freedom in language and plots. Or perhaps because the language itself and even the length of the stories are quite close to those of adult literature (not in the sense of erotic and porn literature, of course).