Comments on: Writing lesson for the day http://reesabrown.com/2010/06/13/writing-lesson-for-the-day/ the life and writerly times of Reesa Brown Mon, 21 May 2012 23:01:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Reesa http://reesabrown.com/2010/06/13/writing-lesson-for-the-day/#comment-1295 Reesa Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:02:06 +0000 http://reesabrown.com/?p=857#comment-1295 @Brad - excellent point! I think it would be wise if more writers looked at the editors they sent their work to as their first "audience" they need to interest or convince (after beta readers of course). It's also a good idea to get a sample issue of the magazine or e-zine you're trying to get your work into, or a previous edition of an anthology, or at least a blog, website, or some other way you can try to guess what sorts of stories a particular market/audience wants. duotrope.com has short summaries for each market listing, and is even trying to launch the feature of tags for genres and sub-genres and editor interviews, so a research-minded writer can better start trying to narrow the focus of where to send a story. @Brad - excellent point! I think it would be wise if more writers looked at the editors they sent their work to as their first “audience” they need to interest or convince (after beta readers of course). It’s also a good idea to get a sample issue of the magazine or e-zine you’re trying to get your work into, or a previous edition of an anthology, or at least a blog, website, or some other way you can try to guess what sorts of stories a particular market/audience wants. duotrope.com has short summaries for each market listing, and is even trying to launch the feature of tags for genres and sub-genres and editor interviews, so a research-minded writer can better start trying to narrow the focus of where to send a story.

]]> By: Brad http://reesabrown.com/2010/06/13/writing-lesson-for-the-day/#comment-1294 Brad Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:00:08 +0000 http://reesabrown.com/?p=857#comment-1294 This is an important specific case of the general principle: Know your audience. I generally think about this one more in the case of technical talks and non-fiction presentations, but it holds pretty well for the general case too. This is an important specific case of the general principle: Know your audience.

I generally think about this one more in the case of technical talks and non-fiction presentations, but it holds pretty well for the general case too.

]]> By: Andrea http://reesabrown.com/2010/06/13/writing-lesson-for-the-day/#comment-1293 Andrea Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:58:54 +0000 http://reesabrown.com/?p=857#comment-1293 Wups! Wups!

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