Are You My Ideal Reader? Am I Yours? Is Making an Ideal Reader Profile Even Necessary?

Are You My Ideal Reader? Am I Yours? Is Making an Ideal Reader Profile Even Necessary?
Marketing experts say an ideal reader profile is necessary for authors, but I’m not convinced
Sarah McInnes
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7 min read·
Sep 15, 2021
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Photo by Pixabay from PexelsI watched an old episode of New Girl recently where Nick, an author of a detective novel, told Jess that he envisioned his readers as “blue-collar, nautical…
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Written by Sarah McInnes
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I write about neurodiversity, education, parenting, creativity, literature, memoir. UNC-CH Grad. Mom to a kid with ASD & ADHD https://linktr.ee/sarahmcinnes
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