You Are Not The Main Character ❌

2023-09-19 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:31 · watch on YouTube

Topic: YouTube, writing online and creators · mode: Explanation and tutorial

In a Short, Ali argues that in writing the reader, not the writer, is the main character, so a writer's job is to serve the reader; readers care about what the writing does for them, not about the writer's site, fonts or pictures.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — The reader is the main character of your writing

• ★★★ Ali says an idea that totally changed how he thinks about sharing ideas is that the writer is not the main character of the story; the reader is, so a writer is in the business of serving the reader, which is what writers are paid to do. — 00:00:00

  “You are not the main character of your story. The reader is the main character.”

• ★★ Ali says a blog that shows off the writer's fonts, website, colour scheme and pictures misses the point: readers do not care about any of that, only about what the writer can do for them. — 00:00:16

Threads in this video

• restate · How do you write things people want to read? — Ali says an idea that totally changed how he thinks about sharing ideas is that the writer is not the main character of the story; the reader is, so a writer is in the business of serving the reader, which is what writers are paid to do. (00:00:00)

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