Comments on: Know Your Audience… http://www.totallythebomb.com/audience There's a bomb? Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:55:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kristie Cook http://www.totallythebomb.com/audience/comment-page-1#comment-3990 Kristie Cook Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:56:52 +0000 http://www.totallythebomb.com/?p=2044#comment-3990 I don't think I could write YA. I'm a fairly young mom of three teen boys and I honestly am surprised at how much I *don't* understand about their world. I had them young so I could relate better to them when they reached this age. Yes, I do better than most of the older parents, but still...so much has changed about being that age in the last 20 years. Since mine are all boys, I'd probably do better writing a boy YA book, but that's so not my style. As far as my own writing, I definitely keep audience in mind. That's been drilled into me since I was very young. It applies no matter what I'm writing. My husband didn't "get" a few things about my main character. I almost made changes based on that input, but then remembered he's NOT my target audience so of course he doesn't get it. My target audience did understand why she's the way she is about certain things. ALWAYS know your audience. I think this is the most important advice a writer can have, whether they're writing essays for school or fiction for seniors. .-= Kristie Cook´s last blog ..<a href="http://a-musedwriter.blogspot.com/2010/03/procrastinationor-funk.html" rel="nofollow">Procrastination...or Funk?</a> =-. I don’t think I could write YA. I’m a fairly young mom of three teen boys and I honestly am surprised at how much I *don’t* understand about their world. I had them young so I could relate better to them when they reached this age. Yes, I do better than most of the older parents, but still…so much has changed about being that age in the last 20 years. Since mine are all boys, I’d probably do better writing a boy YA book, but that’s so not my style.

As far as my own writing, I definitely keep audience in mind. That’s been drilled into me since I was very young. It applies no matter what I’m writing. My husband didn’t “get” a few things about my main character. I almost made changes based on that input, but then remembered he’s NOT my target audience so of course he doesn’t get it. My target audience did understand why she’s the way she is about certain things.

ALWAYS know your audience. I think this is the most important advice a writer can have, whether they’re writing essays for school or fiction for seniors.
.-= Kristie Cook´s last blog ..Procrastination…or Funk? =-.

]]> By: Kristie Cook http://www.totallythebomb.com/audience/comment-page-1#comment-3989 Kristie Cook Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:49:44 +0000 http://www.totallythebomb.com/?p=2044#comment-3989 @Jamie, actually, she'll admit she didn't know she wrote a YA book until after the first was done. When she started researching getting published, she learned her audience. She's said in interviews that she's not surprised Mom's like her books and fell in love with Edward because she was writing it for herself. Now the rest of the series...yes, she hit it well. .-= Kristie Cook´s last blog ..<a href="http://a-musedwriter.blogspot.com/2010/03/procrastinationor-funk.html" rel="nofollow">Procrastination...or Funk?</a> =-. @Jamie, actually, she’ll admit she didn’t know she wrote a YA book until after the first was done. When she started researching getting published, she learned her audience. She’s said in interviews that she’s not surprised Mom’s like her books and fell in love with Edward because she was writing it for herself. Now the rest of the series…yes, she hit it well.
.-= Kristie Cook´s last blog ..Procrastination…or Funk? =-.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.totallythebomb.com/audience/comment-page-1#comment-3982 Jamie Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:36:13 +0000 http://www.totallythebomb.com/?p=2044#comment-3982 @Bethany, I couldn't agree more Bethany... it's all about telling a GOOD story, then the rest of it sort of goes to the wayside :) .-= Jamie´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/totallythebomb/slss/~3/srZgPuRQ6Wg/audience" rel="nofollow">Know Your Audience…</a> =-. @Bethany, I couldn’t agree more Bethany… it’s all about telling a GOOD story, then the rest of it sort of goes to the wayside :)
.-= Jamie´s last blog ..Know Your Audience… =-.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.totallythebomb.com/audience/comment-page-1#comment-3981 Jamie Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:35:33 +0000 http://www.totallythebomb.com/?p=2044#comment-3981 @Amy L. Sonnichsen, aww thanks! .-= Jamie´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/totallythebomb/slss/~3/srZgPuRQ6Wg/audience" rel="nofollow">Know Your Audience…</a> =-. @Amy L. Sonnichsen, aww thanks!
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]]> By: Amy L. Sonnichsen http://www.totallythebomb.com/audience/comment-page-1#comment-3979 Amy L. Sonnichsen Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:55:29 +0000 http://www.totallythebomb.com/?p=2044#comment-3979 Hi Jamie, I read your post on Guide to Literary Agents and thought it was great. I'm excited to find your blog. Have a great day! Amy .-= Amy L. Sonnichsen´s last blog ..<a href="http://alsonnichsen.blogspot.com/2010/03/montana.html" rel="nofollow">Montana</a> =-. Hi Jamie,
I read your post on Guide to Literary Agents and thought it was great. I’m excited to find your blog.
Have a great day!
Amy
.-= Amy L. Sonnichsen´s last blog ..Montana =-.

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