Comments on: Your Ideal Reader http://www.dailywritingtips.com/your-ideal-reader/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: desiringtowrite http://www.dailywritingtips.com/your-ideal-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-145773 desiringtowrite Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:20:29 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=901#comment-145773 I completely appreciate this article and the comments. I am a teacher and want to grow as a writer to help my students with their writing. Have you heard the line in a song (I don't remember the name, but Micheal Buble sings it) " My words are cold and flat..." That is how I feel about my writing. It is minimal because I reread it and give up for the night. However, I now (thanks to this article), have an ideal reader and ideas and thoughts are plastering the walls of my skull itching for me to peel them off and place them where they belong, on paper! Thank you! I completely appreciate this article and the comments. I am a teacher and want to grow as a writer to help my students with their writing. Have you heard the line in a song (I don’t remember the name, but Micheal Buble sings it) ” My words are cold and flat…” That is how I feel about my writing. It is minimal because I reread it and give up for the night.

However, I now (thanks to this article), have an ideal reader and ideas and thoughts are plastering the walls of my skull itching for me to peel them off and place them where they belong, on paper!

Thank you!

]]> By: Sampada http://www.dailywritingtips.com/your-ideal-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-44455 Sampada Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:43:59 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=901#comment-44455 my ideal reader is myself...i should like my writings even after months of writing them (which seldom happens)..i feel unless i enjoy my articles no one else would..be it anybody. my ideal reader is myself…i should like my writings even after months of writing them (which seldom happens)..i feel unless i enjoy my articles no one else would..be it anybody.

]]> By: Miguel de Luis http://www.dailywritingtips.com/your-ideal-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-44258 Miguel de Luis Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:16:51 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=901#comment-44258 OK, Kilburn, I respect what you say, but I am still doing the exercise. I know there are many kind of readers. I, for example, can leave a library with both Young Adult Fiction and Philosophy or some book on productivity. Which is weird, I know. That said your advice about writing is great. I do, daily. ================================ The ideal reader of my main blog is, judging by the comments I recieve, a woman. She is sensitive, strong, and has a thirst for deepness. She has no time for nonsense or half baked thoughts. In this times of economic crisis, she leads her family with moderation and hope. Last, but not least, she is fond of arts. ================ This is, I beg your forgiveness, a draft. I'm probably enlarging this comment into an entry in my blog when I find time to. Maybe that would be a way to know if I guessed it right. OK, Kilburn, I respect what you say, but I am still doing the exercise. I know there are many kind of readers. I, for example, can leave a library with both Young Adult Fiction and Philosophy or some book on productivity. Which is weird, I know. That said your advice about writing is great. I do, daily.
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The ideal reader of my main blog is, judging by the comments I recieve, a woman. She is sensitive, strong, and has a thirst for deepness. She has no time for nonsense or half baked thoughts. In this times of economic crisis, she leads her family with moderation and hope. Last, but not least, she is fond of arts.

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This is, I beg your forgiveness, a draft. I’m probably enlarging this comment into an entry in my blog when I find time to. Maybe that would be a way to know if I guessed it right.

]]> By: Ali http://www.dailywritingtips.com/your-ideal-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-43269 Ali Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:13:54 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=901#comment-43269 Kochi and Kilburn Hall, Thanks for offering an alternative point of view! Perhaps having an ideal reader in mind isn't right for everyone or every project, but it can really help general (not just fiction) writers to hone their piece towards the people they're targeting. Back in February, Michael wrote on Daily Writing Tips how getting specific about your audience can help you to avoid writers' block: http://www.dailywritingtips.com/break-writers-block-choose-your-audience/ Kilburn, thanks again for sharing your expertise. I was trying to address non-fiction as well as fiction writers in the article above (maybe I should've been more specific about my ideal reader ;-)) and I agree that some novelists, particularly literary/non-genre novelists, are best off writing primarily for themselves. Ali Kochi and Kilburn Hall,

Thanks for offering an alternative point of view!

Perhaps having an ideal reader in mind isn’t right for everyone or every project, but it can really help general (not just fiction) writers to hone their piece towards the people they’re targeting. Back in February, Michael wrote on Daily Writing Tips how getting specific about your audience can help you to avoid writers’ block: http://www.dailywritingtips.co.....-audience/

Kilburn, thanks again for sharing your expertise. I was trying to address non-fiction as well as fiction writers in the article above (maybe I should’ve been more specific about my ideal reader ;-) ) and I agree that some novelists, particularly literary/non-genre novelists, are best off writing primarily for themselves.

Ali

]]> By: B J Keltz http://www.dailywritingtips.com/your-ideal-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-43137 B J Keltz Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:48:31 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=901#comment-43137 I, too, have several ideal readers depending on the project. Fiction is written with my son and husband in mind. Non-fiction is written for the ladies of my mother's circle (crazy? maybe, but it works for me). My articles are actually written to the woman I was 15 years ago. I, too, have several ideal readers depending on the project. Fiction is written with my son and husband in mind. Non-fiction is written for the ladies of my mother’s circle (crazy? maybe, but it works for me). My articles are actually written to the woman I was 15 years ago.

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