{"id":95,"date":"2012-02-13T15:53:57","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T15:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/?p=95"},"modified":"2012-02-14T21:13:46","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T21:13:46","slug":"targeting-your-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/13\/targeting-your-audience\/","title":{"rendered":"Targeting Your Audience"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most important variable in storytelling is the audience, your readers. \u00a0As extensive as your expertise may be regarding your narrative, once readers take over, the interpretation is entirely up to them. Suggestive lines you had implanted to hint towards one thing might be read as pointing to another. Don\u2019t be alarmed, that\u2019s bound to happen.<\/p>\n

Another pitfall is when a collection of readers take up your story when it\u2019s not a genre they\u2019re interested in. Then again, that\u2019s also bound to happen. Once the book is in circulation, how readers view it is entirely out of your control. Yes, it\u2019s natural to hyperventilate now. This condition of authoring can<\/em> cause anxiety. However, there\u2019s \"\"<\/a>one vital strategy you can use to prepare your writing for readers. Target your audience.<\/p>\n

Before:<\/strong> \u00a0As you begin brainstorming your novel, take your readers into account. Who are you writing for? What do they like to read? What topics will they be interested in reading? These are a few general questions you can ask to help define your audience. Of course you\u2019ll reach people on the periphery, but your main concern should be your ideal readers.<\/p>\n

During:<\/strong> Now that you\u2019ve started to write, pay attention to the diction you use and how you explain your concept, as these are also pieces of the puzzle to communicating with your ideal readers. It is advantageous to have your main characters fall within the age-range of your audience, as this will allow them to relate easier. Of course don\u2019t limit yourself\u2014people love reading about unique characters.<\/p>\n

After:<\/strong> When the book is completed, be sure to have beta readers that\u00a0exemplify your\u00a0readers review\u00a0the material. If your audience demographics are diverse, have a variety of people read it. Simple enough. Before choosing which of the several paths you could take towards publishing, create a stable platform that also reaches those you envision reading your story. At each step, always think of your readers.<\/p>\n

Readers are the reason authors write. Of course we enjoy expressing ourselves and our ideas through a symphony of words, but generally speaking, if you ask any writer why they write, it\u2019s for other people. We want to give the world something to hold on to and remember us by. And perhaps inspire future generations as classic tales once did for us. With that said, clarify your audience and target your material, after all, they are the root of your success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The most important variable in storytelling is the audience, your readers. \u00a0As extensive as your expertise may be regarding your narrative, once readers take over, the interpretation is entirely up to them. Suggestive lines you had implanted to hint towards one thing might be read as pointing to another. Don\u2019t be alarmed, that\u2019s bound to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[64,62,52,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audience","category-planning","category-structure","category-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YHlB-1x","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}