Do you write for your reader or for yourself?

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July 20, 2013, 1:11 pm

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Do you write for your reader or for yourself?

When writing a post, are you writing to inform the reader or for their benefit or to express yourself and say what you know?

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angie828

angie828

Both. You can get information across yet still express yourself.

12 years ago

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Miken34

Miken34

I agree with Angie that you should try to do both so it will be better.

11 years ago

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augusta

augusta

My blog is solely for the readers not me.So I write to suit the readers more than.myself.So I write mainly for the users

7 years ago

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tangee

tangee

I think that the reader appreciates it if you right for them.

11 years ago

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Beverly

Beverly

Develop your own writing style and voice that will be easily recognizable by your reader. Then if you choose to use a guest blogger for posts, be sure to identify them as such. Otherwise, the tone of voice used in the writing will be inconsistent from one post to the next and it could cause you to lose readership.

11 years ago

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peachpurple

peachpurple

At Mylot, I write post about myself. However at Hubpages I write posts for the readers knowledge and what they wanted. Something that are useful to them. So, it depends on the sites that fit the requirement. I noticed that writing niche related posts would garner more external traffic to my posts when I share on social media sites. That is what people are looking for

7 years ago

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Corzhens

Corzhens

This is one of the mistakes that amateur writers commit –writing for themselves. When I started writing for a blog, my motivation was to give our dogs exposure in the social media. But my first few articles were so personal as if I was writing for myself. Yeah, I was asked to rewrite. It was fortunate that I was a co-blogger and someone there could guide me. Veteran writers would say that you have to “go to the bleachers.” That means feel your audience, know what they want. And in order to be effective, you have to imagine a kind of reader when you are writing so your style would fit the prototype reader.

7 years ago

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