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THE POTENTIAL AUDIENCE IS BIGGER
The very fact that the world is over-populated means that, theoretically, an author’s potential to grab an audience is much bigger. This is especially true as the technology becomes more and more affordable and accessible.
Even if we just look at the numbers in the U.S., there are 96 million readers, of which at least one-third do read short stories and more who could be influenced to read them who can be reachable via the Internet or by modest advertising efforts. These folks are our main focus. But the potential is much greater if we can stimulate curiosity and a desire to explore reading as entertainment.
THE NEED TO PRODUCE MORE STORIES TO BE SCRIPTED FOR CABLE TELEVISION AND DVD IS HUGE
Entertainment has become something expected, even needed, in our modern world. And in first and even second world cultures, for many that means television, movies on DVD, and the Internet. In the U. S., some schools require watching Discovery and the History Channel as part of their curriculum. Mom’s and Dad’s use the television as a baby-sitter…which means programs developed for that audience. Mom and Dad watch, too, but they want content that stimulates and pleases them. HBO movies…DVDs — huge audience numbers pay for cable-delivered content and Netflix, paying subscription fees to gain access to their viewing content. Well, someone has to conceive and create that content — authors and script writers.
THE BEST NEWS
READING FICTION IS COMING BACK IN STYLE
Yes, it’s true. Maybe because the experience is unique and personal, keying a very specific and rich experience that can’t be attained any other way except by the visually assimilated word; maybe because of the need to escape the saturation of too much hyper-sensory overload as delivered by television, videos, and movies. That’s the best news yet.
D. L. Keur, The Deepening
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