Did you have that in mind before creating?
If so, what's your target audience? Do tell! 
Aug '17
Aug '17
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Since a lot of my work is inspired by anime and manga, I feel I mostly write for people into that kind of thing. I don't really have a specific genre I write in, so I consider myself to be fairly flexible.
Anyone who can understand and appreciate fiction. That's a broad scope but it's hard to pinpoint a target audience when someone's level of understanding can't be solely determined by their age.
I guess that's a long-winded way of saying everyone! 
Well my original work involved surreal stuff/dreams/psychology and a lot of weird strange stuff which probably was for a niche audience but recently I finished that and grew tired of it and wanted to move onto fantasy, specifically urban fantasy.
I kinda wanted my comic to appeal to a broader audience and I knew the story would be a mixture of action/horror and some campy elements which is pretty popular. Not that it's purposely made to appeal to a specific demographic, I felt it would be easiest to make compared to other stories that would take probably 10 years or more to create.
Most of my work is inspired by anime and manga, so part of my target audience is anime fans. I also wanted write black female protagonists in fantasy stories, that's part of my target audience. I'd say it's the following:
That's about it =)
that's cool! It really helps the writing process when you have a clear idea on the intended target audience imho 
cuz different groups prefer different things, and the stronger you appeal to that particular group, the more it stands out among the others
My target audience is pretty broad too. I don't expect everyone to like my comic, but I want it to be the kind of story that anyone could like. And I'm mostly trying to write the kind of story that I'd want to read! And my favorite stories are the ones that are for any age group, but aren't so kid-oriented that adults can't enjoy them too. Like Pixar movies!
And even though my comic is about superheroes, I'm not terribly well-versed in superhero comics myself, so my readers don't have to be either. But I want my comic to potentially appeal to superhero fans too. So again, anyone haha.
Primarily teens to young adults, and people who like weird mystery stories that build up over time, as opposed to fast-paced action-filled stuff (there's some of that, but it's not the focus).
My comic also leans towards females, because I want to present a story with an MC girls can relate to. Though I'm happy to say, I have a good amount of male readers too. :> I'm actually really happy that guys aren't deterred from a comic starring a female character and can find her relatable too.
Since my works tend to be mature, I write for young adults mostly. A lot of my work is inspired by anime and manga so fans of that kind of stuff, and honestly fans of fantasy and the paranormal. I have a lot of LGBTQ+ characters in my works so I hope to appeal to the LGBTQ+ community as well.
Hmm, I think I try to appeal to people who like sci-fi and/or fantasy genres mostly, as in ages maybe teens and adults since it would be easier for them to relate to my characters (and also because the comic is very likely to become gruesome at some points). I also try to appeal to the LGBTQ+ community as well since most (if not all) of my characters are part of that community as well.
At the start I didn't put too much thought into my target audience, especially since it was a first attempt at comic making and extremely rough. But if I had to say at that time it would've been a teen audience. Now that I'm trying to flesh out my existing comic more I would say it's between a teen and young adult audience though it's only a slice of life kind of comic.
For the other comics that I'm currently planning out however I would say their audiences would be teens and young adults interested in the fantasy, adventure or drama genres. I don't think there would be an specific demographics although I suppose one of the two stories I'm working on would be aimed at those who are interested in or familiar with urban culture.
It's definitely worth putting thought into your target audience and I think this thread has made me think more about the importance of it in developing a story/comic or otherwise.
Absolutely, I think knowing who it's for can give you an idea if it's going to resonate with them or not
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I totally applaud the LGBT community here for knowing exactly who their target audience are, I think that really helps to know how to connect with your specific audience 
Well I'll put it this way. At first I assumed I was writing for college age boys, then suddenly when I put some of my books on Wattpad it was actually mostly teen girls that read my work.
Genre wise, I write a subset of science fiction called Bleeding Edge. I allow some elements of magic realism.
LOL 
is wattpad audience mostly teenage girls? or just happen to be the one reading your work?
I'm just wondering cos I feel like with the statistic is always higher with girls reading than guys, then all these online platform for readings are dominated by female audiences,
so free platform would be dominated by teenage girls, because teenagers in generals don't have too much money to pay for things,
and maybe the paid content is better geared toward more mature female audience who has money to pay for specific content they want to read, cos adult usually does not have that much free time compared to teenagers.
