So You Wrote a Thing... Who Cares?

If you cannot answer this one simple question about your story, chances are good your readers won't care, either.

No matter what type of content you're creating—be it fiction or non-fiction, a blog post, a novel, or a video script—you have to be able to ask yourself, honestly and often: “Who cares?”

Some writers really don’t like this question. It sounds mean, right? You need to be able to ask yourself this as a writer, though. Identifying "who cares" is essential …