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On the Topic of Gaining Attention to Essays

March 28, 2014
By Saminu9 BRONZE, Cupertino, California
Saminu9 BRONZE, Cupertino, California
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Many writers create very deep and inspiring essays, yet they go unnoticed. Works that deserve more credit, but the author did not or could not advertise their works better. Writers in generals should learn how to advertise, and gain more publicity for their works of writing from reading on.

1.
Titles
A writer should try to create an interesting title, one that captures the attention of a reader. For example, Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game is a book that creates questions almost immediately in the mind of a reader. For this very example, a reader may think “Who is Ender?” or “What game is he playing at?” A reader may believe that titles are unimportant, as the essay is the largest part. But a topic to think about is how titles are one of the very first items noticed by a reader. The idiom “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is widely used over many pieces of writing, so great books, or essays in this scenario, go unnoticed. Another option is to write titles on a new, but helpful topic no one has talked about before, like Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree, a new topic that led to more children reading it.

2.
Topics
A writer should try to find a topic that suits their audience. If written for the whole world to see, a topic that is new or gives a new perspective on an old topic can be quickly discovered and made famous. If written for a certain age group, say, teenagers, then it should be a topic many teenagers would enjoy reading. This is crucial, as a useless topic could be written well, but many would not read it because it would not suit them.

3.
Style
An author having a unique writing style is important, as a writer with no special style, and just writing down thoughts robotically rarely attracts much attention. A writer should try to add their own style into works, not always using formal tone unless necessary, breaking some of the rules of literature. Such is found in many interesting books, such as Rick Riordan’s House of Hades, written with a casual tone, but still with an added bit of the author’s style to create a very interesting book read by many.

4.Humor
While a formal essay for reasons such as a job application should not have humor, certain types of works may have humor. Humor should be used interchangeably; a essay on a serious topic should not be filled with humor, while a comedic topic should not be fully serious. An essay should have a balance of the two, with a few puns or jokes inserted here or there, to make the reader think “Ha! That was funny! I want to read on now!” A reader should be kept engaged with unnecessary details, which are written as side notes from the author just for humor. The author should work on having humor in their works, to feel the story themselves, and put themselves in the shoes of characters in the story.

The purpose of this essay was to give writers ways to gain more attention to the essays, so that many of the unnoticed works published online, or plainly in text could be noticed, so knowledge, insight, and wisdom is to be spread out through the world.



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