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I'm with @Bloo and @Aethalope . I'm thinking the same thing. The more you focus writing on your particular audience, the more you're characters POP :) And if they love it, that audience becomes your word of mouth. I love that Andy Weir vlog...

I think you've got it, @Bloo. That raving 10% is who will drive your word of mouth, care enough to challenge you when you're flagging, and offer insight and encouragement for the way forward. Tangentially to this topic, have you seen this talk...

Guess I don't read enough King, coz I wouldn't expect something like that from him. Is the quote from On Writing? Without context, I've an entirely different take on the statement. It seems like he's telling us not to write to the lowest...

Write the story you want to tell and want to read. Write it to be accessible to as many readers as possible. Read widely in your area of writing. Know your likely readership, but don't pigeonhole them. Don't pick and choose who they are and slant...

I feel very grateful that for some reason I was raised to believe that I had permission to explore the creative world. I’m very aware of what a privilege that is, because most people don’t grant themselves that permission, and I really think...

Joseph Conrad does great characters. Here is one of his descriptions (of a German captain) that I still remember reading for the first time: The Patna was a local steamer as old as the hills, lean like a greyhound, and eaten up with rust worse...

This skill is one I envy to the greenest of green hues. So I have been consciously studying it hoping someday it will eel natural and easy. This is describing, Cliona, a character we meet only a few times but has a catalyst affect on the plot...

The protagonist, who needs to meet someone, has a habit of creating personas on the fly to suit the situation (it doesn't end well): “Yes?” says the guard. Ah. It seems I have made an error of judgement. She is a smallish, roundish woman who...

I do mine with a head hop. We are in the bartender's head only for the first part of the scene, then move onto the Jake's. We never see the barkeep again. Not even sure if I'm going to keep this. Jake has evolved a bit since I wrote it, so I...

Two for the price of one: my protagonist and her sister have just seen the boatperson arrive and scratch a crescent moon into the grave's soil. This is the first interaction with either of them. The minor character, the fleeting pass through, is...