After my Journalism lecture today I could feel a few too many thoughts rattling around my head. I bought a mocha because I'm a coffee fiend and it masks the awful coffee on the campus, I found myself a lovely little piece of wall and took a seat. It was here that I had my epiphany. Cue photo:
There are so very many forms of Journalism out there that could be explored. In Brisbane alone there are around 3,000 different magazine titles in accordance to Bruce Woolley's findings. Who do I want to be as a writer and who on earth is my audience? It is not possible to put it down to the citizens of Brisbane because they obviously do not think along the same wave lengths. Evidence? There are 3,000 magazine titles purely to satisfy their tastes. Then I realised what I want to achieve at least on some level. This was my epiphany; I want to write for people who think like I do. I don't think I can explain who those people are to be precise. Yet, that doesn't particularly concern me because if I'm writing about something that concerns me surely it will concern like-minded people? However, that also begs the question to those who read this post, whether aspiring writer or no. Who is your target audience?
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