I also wrote for small folks; stories & poems for Grandkid's birthday 2 - 12. Who do you write for?

David, I apologize for not reading you and for not answering this question! I did not see it. I must get better about finding my way in HubPages.

I know I am an oldie but I am not a groupie, lol. As to your question, when I write I have an audience in mind. Sometimes that audience is myself.

I am trying to figure out something or learn something about a subject and my method of choice is to write about it. When I have put together books, I also have an audience in mind. These are my most successful stories.

I am only self-published. I have difficulty writing for a general audience because I do not feel the reader in my writing. Thanks for asking and for reminding me that this is a process worthy of sharing and encouragement.Barb.

Sounds selfish, but I write for myself. I have a deep need to express myself in many ways, and art and writing just happen to be two of them. There are not enough hours in a day for me to devote to all of my creative outlets, and each time I am caught up with one, I can hear the others call my name!

I have two half finished paintings, but I can't seem to stay away from Hubpages long enough to finish them....Then I lay awake at night and swear the next day I am going to paint. Ah well, just too little time, lol!

As an Ad Agency Creative Director, I always began each new project asking myself two questions. Who am I talking to? What do I most want to say to them?

I just started on HP .... but I fugure I write for myselfmy doctors said it might help get all the stuff that is bottled up inside out.... and to me , it doesn't matter wether or not people read what I have written.... but I do enjoy it when someone can relate to one of my poems or it has touched them in some way.... when someone leaves a nice comment it makes me feel good inside.

I usually write fiction for kids 10-14 as these are my granddaughters ages now. I graduated from writing school and the course was for Children and Teenagerscalled "The Institute of Children's Literature. "I do and have written a couple of non fiction stories.

I write some for adults and my last book is a memoir. I am looking for an agent at the moment, but my penny rugs, ( orders) have taken me to another place well for the momentSo to be able to meet other writers is wonderful tooAlso write poetry for children and adults.

Quite frankly I write for me and for the knowledge that I have created something, anything while I was here.

Anyone who will take the time to read my words. I have been writing all my life and used this wordsmithing in many different ways. I have written vows for weddings, birthdays as well as funeral presentations, for my children and my mother, and when no one is there to hear them, I pour my words on paper for myself.

To clear my mind of the ideas that rattle around until I grab them and paint them onto the paper canvas. I enjoy the process and relish in the satisfaction of another one's completion.As of late, I use the knack of wordsmithing on my employees to encourage safety, productivity and respect. Storytelling and a humorous antedotes bring the best out of them and has brought a decent level of success for me over the years.

To me the writing is a hobby I enjoy to tinker around with and should anyone chose to read anything I have written, I welcome their interest but insist on their honest opinion to the story.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.