Writing for/with an audience
When I decided to begin writing on a blog, I never really expected there to be a bunch of people reading it. I figured that people on Adult FriendFinder might stumble across it if they read my profile and take a peek. I directed a few people I know to it and hoped, if not expected, they’d read it semi-regularly.
That all turned out differently and now that I *know I have an audience, as relatively small as it may be, I have a harder time writing.
I often run across articles, either online or in print, that really provoke a response out of me and that I really want to write about. (Btw, these are most often articles about sex in some way or another.) But… I have the feeling that most of the people that read this blog aren’t really interested in my views on the rights of sex workers or how female sexuality is portrayed in mainstream media. Y’all want my fantasies and accounts of real-life sexual encounters! (Which there haven’t been many of in the last few months. I haven’t been holding back; they just don’t exist at the moment.)
This is what motivates me to blog. It’s kind of like thinking out loud. I don’t know yet if I will just begin to write about those kinds of topics anyway or if I’ll find another venue for them.
I’ve also wanted to write about PAST experiences I’ve had, which would, I think, be more likely interesting to those of you reading this. Not sure if I’ll do that or not either.
Like I said, just thinking “aloud.”
December 16th, 2008 at 12:53 am
What you need to do is write about the past experiences and then sprinkle in the other stuff, thus fooling everyone into reading it.
December 16th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
lol! Good idea!
December 20th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Write for yourself. That is what successful writers do. They write the sort of stuff they’d like to read.