In the end all books are written for your friends. The problem after writing One Hundred Years of Solitude was that now I no longer know whom of the millions of readers I am writing for; this upsets and inhibits me. It's like a million eyes are looking at you and you don't really know what they think.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Writing for a known circle feels personal, but writing for a mass audience is isolating.
- In plain terms
- Writing to friends is easy, but writing to everyone is scary.
- What can you take from it?
- Audience size changes how personal writing feels.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who are you writing for?
- How does audience affect you?
Another view
Some writers thrive on the anonymity of a large audience.
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