S. McPherson's Blog: On my way to being a writer - Posts Tagged "song"

Another blog that never saw the light of day, was the one I called 'Life's Song'. The first and only installment was this:

I never shy away from the mundane; from the monotonous rhythm of the everyday life. I welcome its verse. I memorise its chorus. Wake my dear, work my dear, eat my dear, sleep my dear. It serenades me like a cumbersome lullaby and sometimes I'm half tempted to oblige. Go to sleep princess and await the arrival of your handsome prince. But what good is that? How does sleeping through your life constitute as living? Well, it doesn't! Now I'm not saying I wouldn't want a prince charming! Let's not get ahead of ourselves! But that doesn't mean I don't quite fancy being my own hero too.

I find that setting myself goals can help and so I write a list. And with that list, I make a promise to myself that when the repetitious humdrum of a life less lived beckons me into what it believes is sweet slumber- I won't fall asleep! Instead I will write my lists; my set of lyrics that allow me to dance and sing along to the burgeoning melody of life's song.

Please keep checking back to see how and if I manage to change the beat of my existence.

And that was all...

It was then I finally realised that I didn’t know what to blog about or how to tell the world ‘I’m here!’

I didn’t know how to draw in my target audience; what they wanted to know; what they wanted to read. It was also then that I decided that if I didn’t know what you; my audience, wanted, then I should probably just ask.

Thus www.smcphersonbooks.com was born. I told you all about me; the book I am writing and I asked for your opinion. I hopped on twitter (an account I had made and neglected eons ago) and decided to be more active. I posted tweets, added pictures and followed like-minded people. Slowly but surely my idea was developing. Nothing was or is set in stone but it looked like there was hope for me yet.

My aim was transparent; the task more convoluted. I had to define and find my target audience.

There were many things to research; so many things to consider. Where they might live, what languages they might speak, what lifestyle they might have or perhaps their upbringing. I had to consider their age, gender and ethnicity. For a while I wondered if I should look into their blood type! Or perhaps a favourite colour would determine what books people read?

It took me some time to regain my sanity but soon I had it sussed and I began to visit websites and look at magazines that my audience might.

And now at last, my target is clear. All that’s left is to aim, fire and hope I make a hit.