Is your book engaging? As you write your fiction or nonfiction book, do you keep your audience in mind? Are you speaking specifically to your audience? Or are you just writing what you want to write\u2014creating your book without any thought about your readers? If you are writing primarily for yourself, you could be shortchanging your readers. <\/p>\n
How do you know when you are eliminating your audience from the equation as you write your book? One clue is your choice of titles. Does it reflect your desire to give and to share or is it a self-serving title? Examples of self-serving titles might be:<\/p>\n
My Lifelong Struggles With Depression If you have your audience in mind when choosing a title, you might use, instead:<\/p>\n Depression Hurt: Tips for Overcoming This Debilitating Illness Another indication that you are writing for the wrong audience (perhaps yourself) is when your information, instructions or story isn\u2019t concrete or complete. When you\u2019re writing for yourself, you tend to omit the obvious\u2014some of the details. You write so that you understand it, but someone else reading it might not get the full impact of your message. <\/p>\n Whether you are writing your memoirs, a how-to or self-help book or a novel, forget about what you want to write. Determine your target audience and write directly to the reader who represents that segment of people. <\/p>\n I often tell writers, write as if you are explaining something or telling the story to someone from outer space. <\/p>\n When you sit down to write today, take a look at your manuscript. Are you writing something that will be of interest or value to others? Because of you don\u2019t have an audience, you don\u2019t have a market for your book and you will fail as a published author. <\/p>\n Who is your target (primary) audience for this book? Are you speaking to this audience as you write or are you leaving out and skimming over information, facts or aspects of your story that they need to know?<\/p>\n Look at your proposed title? Is it one that will catch the eye of your audience\u2014that will resonate with him or her? Or is it a title you are attached to?<\/p>\n PLFry620@yahoo.com Is your book engaging? As you write your fiction or nonfiction book, do you keep your audience in mind? Are you speaking specifically to your audience? Or are you just writing what you want to write\u2014creating your book without any thought about your readers? If you are writing primarily for yourself, you could be shortchanging […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
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