Comments on: Whom Are You Writing For?

By: Carolyn Wilker

Carolyn Wilker — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:22:33 +0000

I’m a Toastmaster too. As a storyteller who also writes and speaks, I’ve experienced the challenge of putting something written into spoken words, but that’s a different topic.

I agree that the speaker knows when people are listening, since they sometimes lean forward in their chairs and are attentive. One does not need a campfire to tell stories.

By: PreciseEdit

PreciseEdit — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:12:03 +0000

Audience is very important. Here’s a snippet of one of our articles on the subject.

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Marketing Questions to Improve Writing

One of the central tenets of marketing is that you should understand your target market segment–your intended customers. Who will buy your product or engage your service? What do those people want? What expectations do they have? How will they use your product? Most importantly, what needs do they have that your product/service satisfy?

How does this relate to writing? Actually, it’s pretty simple. Assuming that you are not just writing for your own benefit (e.g., journals, diaries), you want other people to read what you write. You have a market segment, which we will call your intended audience. Who are your readers? What do they want to read, and what type of writing characteristics do they expect? When, where, and how do they read? Why would they want to read what you have written?

As you can see, these are the same questions as mentioned in the first paragraph above. When our editors at Precise Edit work with authors, these are the questions that we ask.

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By: Bunny got Blog

Bunny got Blog — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:35:17 +0000

This article is pretty cool. I just started to blog about four months ago. I sometimes think I have to much to say about too much.
I do enjoy it very much.

By: Bobby Ozuna

Bobby Ozuna — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:43:04 +0000

I think it is very important for anyone who takes their own writing serious enough to put it on paper–whether that be in the form of a locked diary, a blogger, journalist or even the novelist–to understand WHY they write. I did some soul searching in my early years of writing and later on I wrote about it–primarily for myself–but with the understanding that others, potentially thousands of people may read my words. (See HTML link below)

That is the beauty of the blog…you write to understand who you are, with relation to your writing or in general–and you share it with the world, to add color to the soul of the world. That’s what artists do…whether you are famous or the lowly blogger at home writing about your cat… All words have meaning for someone other than yourself…and that’s the beauty and power of the written word.

Bobby Ozuna
“Why I Write”