Right now, you could be feeling many different types of emotions while reading this.
Perhaps you feel sad about something.
You could be distracted and want to get through this as soon as possible.
Maybe you thought this was something interesting for you, but by now you’ve changed your mind and you want to close the page.
You could be upset about the content of what you are reading, or still be upset about something that you had to deal with earlier on.
I’ve listed a few types of thoughts and feelings a reader could be having when reading your emails, blog posts and anything else you’ve written. ??
When reading anything from emails to blog posts, readers could be thinking and feeling a variety of things:
- Interest: Engaged and curious about the content.
- Skepticism: Questioning the credibility or validity of the information presented.
- Confusion: Feeling lost or unclear about certain points or ideas.
- Agreement: Finding resonance with the message and feeling aligned with the author’s perspective.
- Disagreement: Holding contrasting opinions or viewpoints from what’s being communicated.
- Engagement: Feeling drawn into the content and actively participating in the reading process.
- Boredom: Losing interest due to dull or repetitive content.
- Inspiration: Feeling motivated or encouraged by the ideas presented.
- Frustration: Experiencing annoyance or irritation with unclear writing or complex ideas.
- Connection: Feeling a sense of connection or resonance with the author’s voice or personal experiences.
- Impatience: Wanting to quickly get to the main points or conclusions of the text.
- Empathy: Understanding and sharing the emotions or experiences described in the writing.
- Curiosity: Feeling intrigued and wanting to learn more about certain topics or ideas mentioned.
- Validation: Finding confirmation or support for one’s own beliefs or experiences in the text.
- Distraction: Having trouble focusing due to external factors or internal thoughts.
The dirty little secret is that no one out there is going to drool over what you have written. No one is going to hold onto your every word.
?Your writing needs to cut through the reader’s thoughts and emotions and get them hooked on what you have to say.
Unless you know how, you’re going to fall short and not reach your objective and unfortunately not help your reader with their objective. ???
How do you cut through the reader’s thoughts, emotions, distractions, frustrations to get your piece read, whatever that might be?
I’ve written professionally for many years and have helped others with their writing. I’ve even run courses on journalism at a college. I’ve helped some writers become paid writers and even obtain permanent staff jobs.
If you think you need help with your writing, then contact me. I’ll arrange a time slot to have a quick chat and we can get started. You might not want personalised coaching but help with something you’re working on or want to work on. I can help you too.
