Why I write for women
I’m going to be pretty honest: I don’t have any random freak sad experience or history that draws me towards feminist literature. In fact most of the darned time, I don’t know what I’m doing. For most of my first writings, I was clueless about who I was even writing for- until actual readers reacted. (There, truth!)
I was just a blossoming writer and I flanked every time I was quizzed on who I was actually writing for.
Like yeah, Prossy I read your blogs, nice work there but what is your particular target market?
And I’d go mute.
Oh Prossy, congratulations on your book! So who are your target audience?
Mum again and actually pissed! Can we not just sell the book to everyone?
No, we actually can’t.
Because for the most of bit of it, if you haven’t paid attention to audience definition, you can’t be writing for everyone.
With being green about your target audience, you become voicless about what your score is with the book title, what your readers' demographics are or whether they fit the book bill or blog psychographics for instance. And so, you majorly push pencils for friends to sprinkle some claps here and there… pass on comments you definently want to hear… absolutely zero progress!
Before you even dive into content or headline analysis, you need to make yourself comfortable with audience profiling, what problems you’re solving for them, what their interests and values are, your content’s mission or core… how you’re going to speak to them… when they read your blog, do they feel like you’re speaking to them or at them? Can they relate?
Because defining your target audience gives you a clear picture of exactly who you’re as a scripter, and who you’re writing for, so viewers can find your content useful.
That yes, I’m presenting a character Noelle in Mine Yours to create inspiration and reinforce transformarion among women. And as much as my readers will adore the protagonist Mayson Simbwa, they will pay homage to Noelle.
After surviving prison, she transitions into a real estate mogul and Defense Attorney who graduates at Harvard besides all humiliation, pain and struggles. Noelle pulls Mayson out of fire when he is charged with murder which could have seen him an entirety in a dungeon. What a remarkably strong and vicious character, right?
Maybe not so much.
Well, how about Mia, who plays the upcountry naive girl until she fabbricates a pregnancy on three men?
Or Natasha, a Prosecution Attorney, single mother, in a male dominated proffession trying to balance her love-life, school, and career like most of us?
These women alter current attitudes towards gender-based misconceptions, creating a world, where young- adult women make mistakes but pick themselves up, they get pregnant but still stay in school, they aren’t just pretty but brilliant too.
That girlfriend, you can be beautiful like Noelle but still have purpose.
You can make mistakes but still drill to make yourself better, back to back.
You can choose to be extra-ordinary, talented and not conform with what everyone is doing like you’re some kind of sheep.
Because ladies lately, like men, I find it exceptionally sexy, to be beautiful yet hardworking, submissive yet intelligent, vulnerable yet strong, persevering yet calculative.
In the sense, don’t be a basic bitch. You’re more fascinating than ordinary!
You have the power to question established antiquated gender roles through what you do. Get up and be better. In you, is tremendous power, use it.
Ps: Exceptionally, my writings are ones that can be enjoyed by any young adult regardless the gender. Happy reading!
