What age group am I targeting? Who is my audience in general?
As I have described in previous posts, I am in the beginning stages of creating a story. I will probably be publishing it here on this blog. My goal is for it to be comparable in length to a novel, but I will publish here in chapters.
Obviously if I write this whole "book" or whatever it turns out to be, I would like everyone to read it. It is looking like the main characters may be high school aged kids. This got me thinking that maybe I should write this as a young adult fiction. I'm still not sure which way to go with it. I would like it to be interesting to adult readers. Maybe if I just don't go too far in that direction I can keep it interesting to both groups. I know I can't appeal to all readers, so I will have to make a choice at some point.
I have recently been reading the Harry Potter books. My son, who is ten, read the first one and said that he didn't really like it. I've seen a few of the movies, but I have never read the books. I decided to give them a try. My sone seems to have lost interest in reading in general lately, so I wanted to see what the series was like so I could talk to him about them.
I have also been watching the series "Mad Men" with my wife. It is very good. I would highly recommend it, but the show is full of mature content.
I am thinking my story should fall somewhere in between these two. Appropriate for high school kids, but still interesting enough to keep an adults attention.
Recent slowdown in posts.
There are a few reasons for my recent lack of new posts. I just finished up a few very busy weeks at work. I have also been in a bit of a slump with all things in life due to the current world wide situation. I think I am beginning to come out of that and get back to getting some thing accomplished. We'll see how things go here.
As I have described in previous posts, I am in the beginning stages of creating a story. I will probably be publishing it here on this blog. My goal is for it to be comparable in length to a novel, but I will publish here in chapters.
Obviously if I write this whole "book" or whatever it turns out to be, I would like everyone to read it. It is looking like the main characters may be high school aged kids. This got me thinking that maybe I should write this as a young adult fiction. I'm still not sure which way to go with it. I would like it to be interesting to adult readers. Maybe if I just don't go too far in that direction I can keep it interesting to both groups. I know I can't appeal to all readers, so I will have to make a choice at some point.
I have recently been reading the Harry Potter books. My son, who is ten, read the first one and said that he didn't really like it. I've seen a few of the movies, but I have never read the books. I decided to give them a try. My sone seems to have lost interest in reading in general lately, so I wanted to see what the series was like so I could talk to him about them.
I have also been watching the series "Mad Men" with my wife. It is very good. I would highly recommend it, but the show is full of mature content.
I am thinking my story should fall somewhere in between these two. Appropriate for high school kids, but still interesting enough to keep an adults attention.
Recent slowdown in posts.
There are a few reasons for my recent lack of new posts. I just finished up a few very busy weeks at work. I have also been in a bit of a slump with all things in life due to the current world wide situation. I think I am beginning to come out of that and get back to getting some thing accomplished. We'll see how things go here.
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