Caged Maiden, you made some comments about sewing that struck me, so have to ask: when you started to make clothing for other people, did you submit them to a critique circle? I know that sounds absurd, but bear with me. Did you show designs or prototypes (I don't sew!) as you were working on them to entire groups of people to get feedback? Did you work entirely from pre-set patterns? Or did you rely on your own experience plus internal judgment to produce an article of clothing specific for one person?
I realize we all want to write for a large audience. But it made me wonder, for myself as well, whether it might make sense to write for one particular person. Chances are, that's not the only person built like that. Chances are, if the story hangs together and flows and engages for that person, it will do so for others.
It's an interesting notion; I'm going to think about it wrt my own work, but I thought I'd toss it out there because, really, you don't have enough different perspectives yet, do you?
I realize we all want to write for a large audience. But it made me wonder, for myself as well, whether it might make sense to write for one particular person. Chances are, that's not the only person built like that. Chances are, if the story hangs together and flows and engages for that person, it will do so for others.
It's an interesting notion; I'm going to think about it wrt my own work, but I thought I'd toss it out there because, really, you don't have enough different perspectives yet, do you?