Writing to the Market
By Jerry D. Simmons | March 17th, 2010 | 2 Comments » (Click to add yours!)

This is a big mistake. Write the story that you want to write, not what you suspect the market wants. Whether it’s a novel or non-fiction, your background, experience and insight are what make your story unique. No other writer anywhere on the planet can duplicate your own writing!

Book sales are cyclical. If you look at the past 30 years you’d see the highs and lows of category sales. What publishers try to do is catch the rise to the top and avoid the dip to the lows. As an author, there is no way you can try to match or write to that cycle.

Forget about market timing. It won’t work. Write the story you were destined to write and focus on making it entertaining, enlightening and informative. Consumers will always buy good books so make yours as good as possible.

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2 Responses to “Writing to the Market”

  1. Watch Supernatural says:
    April 4, 2010 at 1:49 pm

    Keep up the great writing.

  2. Watch Supernatural says:
    April 8, 2010 at 12:08 am

    Thanks for the post! I love it!

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