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How to Write Honestly for Your Tribe

04/17/2018 by Debbi

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Part of deciding what to write and publish involves thinking about who you’re writing for. Even though writing is a personal process, a professional writer doesn’t create work in a vacuum. The whole point is to develop a readership or what many would refer to as your tribe.

This week’s video is the third I’ve done about writing tips. In this case, I focus on whether one should write for “the market” or focus more on developing your own tribe or readership.

Here are a few salient points that I may or may not have covered in the video below.

  • Write honestly, in your own voice. Don’t imitate other writers’ styles, in the hopes that you’ll do as well as that person.
  • Don’t write based on trends in the business. By the time your work is finished, the trend will have run its course,
  • When you write what you’d like to read, others who share your enthusiasm will be attracted to your work. These are the people you want in your tribe.
  • The fact that some people don’t like your writing doesn’t matter. It just takes a few enthusiast readers to create a strong following, who’ll act as evangelists for your work. Having a tribe that has a strong interest in your work can lead to a writer’s best form of promotion—good word of mouth.

Check out the video for these tips and more.

If you’d like a sample of the writing journal I’m creating, just click here to download a copy!

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Filed Under: Writing Advice Tagged With: Amwriting, Blogging, Creative Work, Journaling, Readership, Video, Writing Tips, YouTube

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  1. Eileen says

    04/17/2018 at 7:13 am

    I tell my songwriting students the same thing about their lyrics.

    • Debbi says

      04/17/2018 at 9:09 am

      It’s the best advice for all kinds of writing, I think. 🙂

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Welcome to my writers' corner of the Internet. I'm a novelist, who also writes short stories and screenplays. I hope to share the benefit of my experiences as an indie author with dystonia since 2009. I also post a lot of book reviews, because I love to read and learn new things. I hope to share that knowledge with you.

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