Writers -- Has your story stayed within its original target audience? (BQs!)?

I dont have an audience target. I just write for the sake of being able to write. Although, I do tend to write YA alot, because it's what I read. Nonetheless, it has kind of stayed on them kind of lines. I'm not fussing about it, I don't have a set audience :3 Bq1: What target audience would you say most books you read are aimed at? YA xD Bq2: What's the brightest/most cheerful thing in your story? The school prom :3 I wish I was at that prom :( Bq3: What's the darkest/most depressing thing in your story? When Briony dies. :( Bq4: How would you react if a flower on your shirt had started growing into your skin... and a woman tracked you down and told you that if you didn't go with her, you'd die? X3 I'd go with her. :3 Why not? I'm open to believe anything xD

Yeah, I think mine has. And if it hasn't then I'd try to fix that when editing. If anything, I think it's become more mature, but not so much that it's over the target audience. My book has an... almost rape scene, there is romance, but no sex. It's quite dark overall, I think, but still YA. BQ1 - Teenagers, YA. BQ2 - Haha, um... That my characters find peace of mind (the ones that remain alive). BQ3 - Jade dying, and how the other characters deal with it. BQ4 - Is this part of your book? Uh... I guess I'd start questioning her, and then get immensly freaked out by the flower and go with her, but be on my gaurd. A try to get the flower out. Several times, lol. xx :) xx

I don't have a target audience. I just write for myself. I guess I'm my own audience and there is nothing too inappropriate for me, especially if I'm the one writing it. Sometimes the material does shift, but I never write anything above what I would classify as PG-13. Bq1: What target audience would you say most books you read are aimed at? Mostly young adult and maybe adult. Bq2: What's the brightest/most cheerful thing in your story? So far nothing. It's not a very cheerful story. Bq3: What's the darkest/most depressing thing in your story? Probably this death I just wrote. It's pretty dark, and sad. I'm trying not to make it downright depressing though. I hate those scenes. Bq4: How would you react if a flower on your shirt had started growing into your skin... and a woman tracked you down and told you that if you didn't go with her, you'd die? I'd go with her. Even if she was tricking me, I'd still have a flower growing in my skin so I'd die either way. So I'd have nothing to lose by going with her. Hopefully she'd know what to do. And I would never wear a flowered shirt again after that XD

Yes they usually do, even though a YA novel I was writing turned out to be more suitable for younger children. BQ: Definitely teenagers because the characters are all really young, and there's no extreme scenes. BQ2: There's this really sweet moment where Adela (the protagonist) and her lover go the mountains and there's a really romantic scene between them...This picture summarises the scene BQ3: When Mary, the MC's maid commits suicide. She's a very kind, gentle character, one that the readers (if there are any) will really like. BQ4: I would be like "yay! my life is finally interesting at last!" ;)

It's aimed at a Young Adult audience, and so far it hasn't changed. I am not that far into it, though, so there is still the possibility. BQ: Young Adult BQ2: Ezra, he's definitely a "comic relief" BQ3: I suppose there's a lot of death. I've decided to keep the MC alive, for now ;), but now a few other character will be killed off. BQ4: Oh, that's just my everyday life x) No, I'd freak out. Then go with her. Maybe. :)

I don’t really have a target audience. I write for the fact that I enjoy writing, not to publish. Bq1: What target audience would you say most books you read are aimed at? ~ I don't normally pick a target audience. Bq2: What's the brightest/most cheerful thing in your story? ~ I'll have to say when the main character's friends become more like a family to him, he's never had a family so it means a lot to him. Bq3: What's the darkest/most depressing thing in your story? ~ The main character's friend's death. Bq4: How would you react if a flower on your shirt had started growing into your skin... and a woman tracked you down and told you that if you didn't go with her, you'd die? X3 ~ I would rather die.

I almost always write for adults, so it's really a moot point in relation to most of my work. But I am working on one thing that's aimed at a 12+ audience. So far, I've kept it pretty much in line with what I originally intended, but I do have a vague idea for a sequel which would probably not be suitable for the same audience. My other novel project is for adults and so are all my short stories. BQ1: Adults. That's been the case since I was about 12. BQ2: One of my characters is one of those people who is just a natural-born comedian, and is also a generally cheerful person, so he as a character brings a bit of light relief. There is also a midsummer fete in the middle of the book where one of the supporting characters rather surprises everyone (for the better) and it's all quite celebratory and jubilant. BQ3: None of it's depressing. It's dark, but mostly in the sense of being creepy/eerie/sinister rather than depressing. BQ4: I'd assume that I was suffering from schizophrenic delusions.

My book (series) is intended for young adults, and at the very start I wanted the book to grow like a child (but starting at teen age) and the language also grows, with the swears and everything, so I don't think the original target audience is always them. The teens. :) Bq1: What target audience would you say most books you read are aimed at? --Young adults. It's easier since it's not that extreme like in adult books and not that limiting (in words) like in children's books. On later projects, I would still aim for young adults, but I would try to write for children as well, and long after that, maybe adult. ^__^ Bq2: What's the brightest/most cheerful thing in your story? --The sarcasm. My characters are very sarcastic and witty, and I hope it makes other people smile or laugh, because my cousins says so. :)) It's that bond between friends that makes my story cheerful. Bq3: What's the darkest/most depressing thing in your story? --Death. Not the main characters, but some of the minor characters and extras. Each character has his/her pain, and I mean EVERY single one of them, and because of that, they tend to let that part of them that's hurt control their emotions. Very depressing stuff. Bq4: How would you react if a flower on your shirt had started growing into your skin... and a woman tracked you down and told you that if you didn't go with her, you'd die? X3 --Ooo! I always wanted an adventure! Well.. uhh.. I would go with the woman, and maybe we'll devise a plan to help me escape, because the police would search for me. Even though my family would get hurt..I.. I wouldn't pass this opportunity and also I don't want to die just yet.

Umm... Yes. I think. It was intended as a young-adult horror, but it expanded to adult audience. But it's still young-adult. BQ1: Young adult and adult. BQ2: My MC getting kissed for the first time. That's about the only cheerful moment in the entire story XD BQ3: I can't make up my mind... It would be either when my MC assisted in killing the boy she loved (she was possessed) or later when she realized what she had done. BQ4: I don't have a flower on my shirt. I have it on my trousers. I guess I'd panic XD Well if those two things happened at once, I guess it would be the worst day of my life :(