Five Publishing Personas - Conclusion
Last week, I devoted a few thousand words to the motivations,...
Five Publishing Personas - Conclusion
Last week, I devoted a few thousand words to the motivations, time-horizons, and focus of five personas found in modern indie publishing. In case you missed my serial postings:
▶ Preamble (http://goo.gl/dZoZcQ)
▶ RFAS (Reader first, author second) (http://goo.gl/uVkvRs)
▶ Author-first authors (http://goo.gl/QqXNcK)
▶ Publishers (http://goo.gl/wEZzSm)
▶ Makers (http://goo.gl/4LvHih)
▶ Disruptors (http://goo.gl/YXL5v2)
Don’t try and read any sort of natural path or progression in these personas. I’m a little bit of all of these, or at least have been. But I’m a weirdo. The last thing I’d recommend is for you to behave like me. That way lies madness!
But as you read my examinations of those personas, you were probably struck by how many resonated with you. You either said “I’m X, and I wan’t to be Y” or you said “I’m pieces of X and Y, but not completely any of those.” Or some variation on that theme. And that’s to be expected. Like the Myers-Brigs or Colors personality assessments, no one silo fits one person completely. But one does tend to dominate.
And just like those tests, understanding your dominant publishing personas can help you relate with other publishing personas you encounter. It’s natural for us to assume the person we’re working with shares our same motivations, time-horizons, and focus. And we’re wrong. Recognizing those differences will lead to a better relationship, and it’s the key thing I want you to take from this series.
I’d love to hear what you thought about this series. Writing in this style obviously takes more work and planning than my off-the-cuff posts, but I quite enjoyed it. So let me know if it worked for you. You may see more!
Creative commons licensed photo from Flickr: http://flic.kr/p/7Emzp7
Last week, I devoted a few thousand words to the motivations, time-horizons, and focus of five personas found in modern indie publishing. In case you missed my serial postings:
▶ Preamble (http://goo.gl/dZoZcQ)
▶ RFAS (Reader first, author second) (http://goo.gl/uVkvRs)
▶ Author-first authors (http://goo.gl/QqXNcK)
▶ Publishers (http://goo.gl/wEZzSm)
▶ Makers (http://goo.gl/4LvHih)
▶ Disruptors (http://goo.gl/YXL5v2)
Don’t try and read any sort of natural path or progression in these personas. I’m a little bit of all of these, or at least have been. But I’m a weirdo. The last thing I’d recommend is for you to behave like me. That way lies madness!
But as you read my examinations of those personas, you were probably struck by how many resonated with you. You either said “I’m X, and I wan’t to be Y” or you said “I’m pieces of X and Y, but not completely any of those.” Or some variation on that theme. And that’s to be expected. Like the Myers-Brigs or Colors personality assessments, no one silo fits one person completely. But one does tend to dominate.
And just like those tests, understanding your dominant publishing personas can help you relate with other publishing personas you encounter. It’s natural for us to assume the person we’re working with shares our same motivations, time-horizons, and focus. And we’re wrong. Recognizing those differences will lead to a better relationship, and it’s the key thing I want you to take from this series.
I’d love to hear what you thought about this series. Writing in this style obviously takes more work and planning than my off-the-cuff posts, but I quite enjoyed it. So let me know if it worked for you. You may see more!
Creative commons licensed photo from Flickr: http://flic.kr/p/7Emzp7
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